Javelina Hash - Texas A&M Kingsville

It’s a
Javelina
Thing!
VOLUME X, NO. 6 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363
SEPT. 9, 2009
Football Opens LSC Slate Against Central Oklahoma in Javelina Stadium
Commendation
Vice Admiral Kent Williams, second from the left, presents
Eddie Yaklin of Kingsville, second from right, with a commendation
from the U.S.Coast Guard in appreciation of his
rescuing three men who had been stranded on their capsized
boat for eight days in the Gulf of Mexico. Right is
TAMUK president Dr. Steven Tallant and left is Scott Gines,
TAMUK vice president for institutional development.
Volleyball Home Tuesday
The Texas A&M-Kingsville
volleyball team will play its
second home match of the season
Tuesday night when the Javelinas
LSC Volleyball Standings
(All Games)
Team W L Pct.
Cameron 7 1 .875
Angelo State 6 1 .857
A&M-Kingsville 7 2 .778
West Texas A&M 7 2 .778
SE Oklahoma 5 2 .714
Abilene Christian 5 3 .625
Central Oklahoma 5 3 .625
A&M-Commerce 4 3 .571
East Central 4 4 .500
Texas Woman’s 3 6 .333
Eastern New Mexico 2 6 .250
Tarleton State 2 7 .222
Midwestern State 1 7 .125
SW Oklahoma 1 8 .111
host Texas A&M International in
the Steinke Center.
Match time is 7 p.m.
The Javelinas took a 7-2
record into a Tuesday night match
with Our Lady of the Lake in San
Antonio and will take on St.
Thomas Thursday night in
Houston.
The Houston match is set for
7 p.m.
St. Thomas went 3-1 last
weekend at a tournament in Tyler.
Sha Tramble, 5-8 junior
outside hitter from Houston (Clear
Brook), has 74 points for the
Javelinas and averages 3.22 a set.
She also tops the team in kills
with a 2.65 average per match.
Amanda Waclawczyk, 6-1
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Texas A&M-Kingsville opens
its bid for a 27 th Lone Star
Conference football championship
this weekend when the Javelinas
host the Central Oklahoma
Bronchos Saturday in Javelina
Stadium.
Kickoff time will be 7 p.m.
The Javelinas took on
conference cohort East Central
last weekend. The game counted
as a league contest for ECU but
not TAMUK.
Central got a jump in the
league standings with a 25-17
victory over West Texas A&M in
Canyon, and it was a conference
matchup for the Bronchos.
The Javelinas moved to 2-0
with a 39-7 victory over East
Central and Central evened its
season’s mark at 1-1 with the win
over the Buffaloes.
This will be the 24 th meeting
of the Javelinas and Bronchos and
the Texans hold a 20-3 series lead.
The Javs took a 41-6 victory
last year in Edmond, Okla.
But after the loss to the
Javelinas, the Bronchos dropped a
(All Games)
Team W L Pct.
A&M-Kingsville 2 0 1.000
Abilene Christian 2 0 1.000
Midwestern State 2 0 1.000
Tarleton State 2 0 1.000
Central Oklahoma 1 1 .500
Angelo State 1 1 .500
Eastern New Mexico 1 1 .500
SE Oklahoma 1 1 .500
East Central 0 2 .000
NE Oklahoma 0 2 .000
SW Oklahoma 0 2 .000
A&M-Commerce 0 2 .000
West Texas A&M 0 2 .000
LSC Football Standings
decision to Tarleton State and
then won their final seven
outings.
The Oklahomans are led
offensively by quarterback
Brandon Nooki, 5-11, 210-pound
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(Conference)
Team W L Pct.
Central Oklahoma 1 0 1.000
Midwestern State 1 0 1.000
Eastern New Mexico 1 0 1.000
A&M-Kingsville 0 0 1.000
Abilene Christian 0 0 .000
Tarleton State 0 0 .000
Angelo State 0 0 .000
SE Oklahoma 0 1 .000
East Central 0 1 .000
NE Oklahoma 0 1 .000
SW Oklahoma 0 1 .000
A&M-Commerce 0 1 .000
West Texas A&M 0 1 .000
The Team and Its Supporters
The Javelina volleyball team poses with members of Sigma Chi fraternity after a match
with St. Mary’s last week in the Steinke Center. A crowd of 1,500, including the paintedup
fraternity members, cheered the team to its fifth consecutive victory.

Javelina Hash
By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs
THE FIRST OF three Javelina football reunions will be held this weekend.
The 1979 team will celebrate its 30 th anniversary with special events Friday and
Saturday.
The squad will be introduced at the football game Saturday night in Javelina
Stadium.
THE JAVELINAS ARE home this weekend, thanks to a nice gesture by the
Central Oklahoma officials this time last year.
A hurricane was in the Gulf of Mexico and the Javelinas had a home game
scheduled with the Bronchos.
A decision had to be made whether to play the game or put an alternate plan in
motion. The UCO officials agreed to have the Javelinas come to Oklahoma, with little
advance notice, and the Bronchos would come to Kingsville this fall.
This move gave Central three consecutive road games to open the 2009 season,
and allowed the Javelinas to open with four consecutive home appearances.
IT HAS BEEN 33 years since the Javelina football team got the trip of a lifetime.
The 1976 squad was selected to make a three-week exhibition trip to Europe and
introduce American football to fans in Austria, France and Germany.
The squad played games in five cities, including Berlin, Paris and Vienna.
In the 33 years since the dream tour, fans who witnessed the games periodically
contact Javelina officials, remembering the experience and their favorable impression
of the squad.
As it turned out, the 1976 Javelina team they saw was one of the best in
intercollegiate football history.
The Houston Chronicle had a story last week about an American player in the
German Football League and the Javelinas are credited in the article with having
introduced football to the country.
“…..American football has a long-standing if somewhat tenuous foothold here
(Germany),” the article stated. “U.S. soldiers brought it to Germany during their
occupation following World War II, and a tour by a Texas college football team
helped the game take root.
“In 1976, Texas A&M-Kingsville (then Texas A&I) went on a barnstorming tour
of Europe that included three stops in Germany: Berlin, Mannheim and Nurnberg.
The tour helped popularize the game, and a year later, the country’s first football
organization was formed. In 1979, enthusiasts founded the German Football
League…..”
It’s good to know that the purpose of the Javelinas’ trip to Europe has been
fulfilled.
SAM STRICKLAND HAS finished his rookie season in the Gulf Coast League.
The Toronto Blue Jays have invited him back to Dunedin, Fla., for an
instructional league beginning Sept. 20.
He was one of the most-used rookie pitchers by the Blue Jays during the
summer season.
THE NCAA DIVISION II Management Council Subcommittee on Infractions
and Membership Committee Appeals has upheld an earlier finding of impermissible
inducement violations and the vacation penalty against Abilene Christian.
This means ACU must vacate its 10 victories in the 2007 football season as well
as statistics for two student-athletes.
Dr. Royce Money, ACU president, said, “The appeals process with NCAA is now
over and we have exhausted all possible avenues in order to get a more fair decision.
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Back With His Team
Frank Gonzalez, right, a member of the Javelina basketball team in the
early 1990s, brought his Laredo St. Augustine’s volleyball team to the
Javelina volleyball match last week in the Steinke Center. Center is
Javelina athletic director Ken Oliver and left is assistant athletic director
and compliance director Breanne Flores-Contreras.
Volleyball Returns Home Tuesday
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sophomore middle blocker from Poth, leads
the Javelinas in attacks with a .333
percentage.
Kirby Krueger, 5-7 senior setter from
New Braunfels (Canyon), averages 6.09 sets
a game
Virginia Hernandez, 5-6 sophomore
libero from Katy, averages 4.09 digs a game
and Kristin Chancellor, 5-10 senior middle
blocker from Bellville, averages 0.7 blocks a
set.
TAMIU has a four-game tournament in
Stephenville this weekend and enters the
meet with a 0-8 record.
Brittany Rendon, 6-0 junior middle
blocker from San Antonio (Marshall), leads
the team in attacks with a .195 percentage
and Alexandria Montemayor, 5-8 junior
outside hitter from Watauga (Fossil Ridge),
averages 2.31 kills.
Nancy Rodriguez, 5-4 junior setter from
Bakersfield, Calif., averages 5.85 sets and
Isela Flores, 5-8 sophomore outside hitter
from Mission (Veterans), has a 3.31 dig
average.
The match with the Dustdevils opens a
three-match home stand for the Javelinas.
They open Lone Star Conference play
Sept. 17 against Texas A&M-Commerce and
will host Texas Woman’s Sept. 19 in a
conference matchup.
Tramble Makes Second
All-Tournament Team
Texas A&M-Kingsville outside hitter
Sha Tramble has been named to an alltournament
team for the second
consecutive week.
Tramble, junior from Houston (Clear
Brook), received a spot on the alltournament
squad at the Texas Woman’s
invitational last weekend in Denton.
She had been on the all-tourney lineup
at the Carson-Newman tournament the
previous weekend in Jefferson City, Tenn.
2009 Javelina
Cross Country Schedule
Sept. 18 – Texas-San Antonio Classic in
San Antonio.
Sept. 25 – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Islander Splash in Corpus Christi.
Oct. 3 – Texas Lutheran Invitational in
Seguin.
Oct. 10 – Incarnate Word Invitational in
San Antonio.
Oct. 24 – Lone Star Conference
Championships in Canyon.
Nov. 7 – NCAA Division II South
Central Region Championships in Abilene.
Nov. 21 – NCAA Division II
Championships in Evansville, Ind.

Javelina Hash
By Fred
By Fred
Nuesch,
Nuesch,
Coordinator
Coordinator
of Athletic
of Athletic
External
External
Affairs
By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs
(Continued from Page 2)
Our intention is to comply fully with all the NCAA rules and the judgments of our
peers and the NCAA staff.”
Then Money goes on to say, “Having said that, we take strong exception to the
conclusions the NCAA reached. We still contend that the unintentional infractions of
our football coaches were secondary in nature and not a primary infraction worthy of
a complete season being obliterated from the record books. It was needless overkill,
in our opinion.”
Wonder if there has ever been a school penalized by the NCAA felt that the
penalties were justified?
Jared Mosley, the ACU director of athletics, said, “We are extremely disappointed
with the most recent decision from the appeals committee in upholding the penalty of
vacating the wins and records from the 2007 football season.
“It’s very frustrating that the coaches in the football program were not given the
opportunity to share their side of the story with either of the committees. One of the
coaches involved was not even interviewed regarding the allegations.
“We felt strongly that if the committee really viewed these as major infractions in
nature that they would have given those involved the opportunity to speak and be
given due process.”
The article released by ACU said that ACU head coach Chris Thomsen said, if
given the chance, he would have told the NCAA that there was no intent by anyone
on his staff to gain a competitive advantage.
“We realize and acknowledge that we made some procedural errors,” he said,
“but none of the things that happened were done out of disregard for the rules, and
none were done to help us gain a competitive advantage.”
DONNA BENOTTI, FORMER head volleyball coach at Texas A&M-Kingsville,
has been elected second vice president of the Texas Girls Coaches Association.
She will begin an officer rotation that will eventually see her becoming president
of the organization.
Benotti is the head volleyball coach at Cypress-Fairbanks High School in
Houston.
JAVELINAS APPEAR IN the 2009 NCAA Division II Football Records Book
eight times.
The marks held by Javelinas are:
Most yards gained in first game of a career: 238, Johnny Bailey, 1986.
Most yards gained by two players, per-game, same team: 320.5, Bailey and
Heath Sherman, 1986.
Most yards gained by two players, career, same team: 8,594, Bailey and
Sherman, 1986-88.
Most games gaining 100 yards or more by a freshman: 11, Bailey, 1986.
Most consecutive games gaining 100 yards or more by a freshman: 11, Bailey,
1986.
Most games gaining 200 yards or more by a freshman: 5, Bailey, 1986.
Most seasons gaining 1,000 yards or more, career, 4, Bailey, 1986-89.
Player taking most annual rushing titles: 3, Bailey, 1986, 1987 and 1989.
NOTES FROM THE 2009 NCAA Division II Football Records Book:
…..The record book is far from being accurate.
It lists the longest victory streak by a DII school as 40. The Javelinas won 42 in
a row and had a 47-game undefeated streak in 1973-77.
Grand Valley (Mich.) State won the 40 in a row.
Upcoming Javelina Events
Former
Quarterback
Pat Walker, right, a
quarterback for the
Javelina football
team in the late
1960s, attended
last weekend’s
home football
game. He currently
lives in Katy and is
a sales representative
for Gilman
Gear. With Walker
is TAMUK vice
president for
institutional advancement
Scott
Gines.
Sept. 10 – Volleyball: St. Thomas in Houston, 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 – *Central Oklahoma in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Hispanic Heritage Weekend, 30th Anniversary Reunion 1979 National Champions)
Sept. 15 – Volleyball: Texas A&M International in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 – Volleyball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Sept. 18 – Cross country: Texas-San Antonio Classic in San Antonio.
Sept. 19 – Volleyball: *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 2 p.m.
Football: *Northeastern Oklahoma in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Hall of Fame Weekend,
50th Anniversary Reunion 1959 National Champions)
Sept. 24 – Volleyball: *Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford, Okla., 7 p.m.
Sept. 25 – Cross country: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Splash in Corpus Christi.
Sept. 26 – Volleyball: *Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 2 p.m.
Football: *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 6 p.m.
Oct. 2 – Volleyball: St. Edward’s in Austin, 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 – Football: *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Parents Weekend, 40th xx
Anniversary
Reunion 1969 National Champions)
Softball: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi scrimmage in Kingsville (2), 1 p.m.
Volleyball: St. Mary’s/Incarnate Word Crossover Tournament in San Antonio
vs. Incarnate Word, 11 a.m.
vs. St. Mary’s, 3 p.m.
Cross country: Texas Lutheran Invitational in Seguin.
Oct. 8 – Volleyball: *Cameron in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 – Volleyball: *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.
Football: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 6 p.m.
Cross country: Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio.
Oct. 15 – Volleyball: *Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant, Okla., 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 – Softball: Alvin College scrimmage in Kingsville, 9 a.m.
Alvin College scrimmage in Kingsville, 11 a.m.
Alvin College vs. San Antonio Law in Kingsville, 1 p.m.
San Antonio Law in Kingsville, 3 p.m.
Volleyball: *East Central in Ada, Okla., 2 p.m.
Football: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 8 p.m.
Bold-faced games/matches are in Kingsville.
*Lone Star Conference games/matches
#Lone Star Conference South Division games.

Javelina Hash
By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs
(Continued from Page 3)
True the Javelinas weren’t in the NCAA when they had the victory streak. But
East Texas State (now Texas A&M-Commerce) is listed as having won 29 in a row in
1951-53, and the Lions weren’t in the NCAA at the time.
…..The Javelinas have taken eight DII team statistical titles since joining the
organization in the early 1980s.
The 1986 and 1987 offensive unit won the total offense and rushing offense
titles, the 1986, 1988 and 1995 teams took scoring championships and the 1989
defensive unit finished first in rushing defense.
…..The Javelinas are No. 5 on the all-time best record list in DII.
The Javelinas entered this season with a 556-258-16 record and a .680
percentage.
The five schools in front of the Javelinas are Grand Valley (Mich.) (.723), Bentley
(Mass.) (.715), Valdosta (Ga.) State (.687) and West Chester (Pa.) (.685).
Grand Valley has had 38 seasons, Bentley 21, Valdosta 27 and West Chester 80.
…..The Javelinas are fifth in all-time victories, and have had more than 20 years
fewer seasons than the four schools in front in the listing.
Pittsburg (Kan.) State has 630 wins in 101 seasons, Tuskegee has 608 victories
in 113 years, Central Oklahoma has 582 wins in 103 seasons and Hillsdale (Mich.)
has 569 wins in 116 seasons.
The Javelinas have had 80 seasons.
Figuring victories per season, the Javelinas have out-performed each of the four
teams.
…..Since joining the NCAA, the Javelinas have finished the season as the No. 1
college division team three times: 1987, 1989 and 1996.
…..Javelina running back Johnny Bailey ranks 11 th among all collegiate players in
career yards rushing per game.
He averaged 162.1 yards in each of his appearances while at Texas A&I.
Bailey is 16 th , in all divisions, in career rushing yards with 6,320.
Playoff games didn’t count in career or season yardage when Bailey was with the
Javelinas.
…..Bailey ranks 17 th in career all-purpose yards. He had 7,803.
He’s 18 th in career all-purpose yardage per game with a 200.1 average.
…..Bailey ranks seventh in DII in career rushing yards per game with his 162.1
average, he’s 16 th in season rushing yards per game with 182.8 in 1986, he’s ninth in
career rushing yards with 6,320 in 1986-89 and he’s 19 th in most season yards with
2,011 in 1986.
Bailey is 19 th in career points per game with 10.9, and he’s 15 th in career points
with 426.
…..Rod Mosley ranks ninth in career passes defended per game with a 1.36
average. Mosley played in 2006 and 2007.
He is 27 th in career passes defended with 30.
…..Deandrae Fillmore is 13 th on the career forced fumbles listing with 0.18 a
game.
He’s seventh in season forced fumbles per game with 0.60 in 2005.
Fillmore and Nick Davis, who played with the Javelinas in 2001-02, are tied for
15 th in career forced fumbles with six and they are tied for most forced fumbles in a
season with six, Fillmore’s in 2006 and Nick’s in 2002.
Fillmore took the NCAA statistical title in forced fumbles in 2005 with his 0.60 a
game.
…..Darrell Green, Javelina defensive back in 1978-82, took the DII national stats
title in punt returns in 1982 with an average of 20.6 yards a return.
…..Bailey took DII season statistical titles in rushing average per game in 1986,
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Snook Catch
Sam Strickland, former Javelina pitcher and now with the Toronto Blue
Jays, shows the Snook he caught fishing in Florida this summer. Strickland
was signed by the Blue Jays after finishing his career with the Javelinas
last spring and played with the Jays’ rookie club in the Gulf Coast League
this summer.
Football Hosting UCO Saturday
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senior from Oklahoma City (Saint Mary).
He has completed 48 of 85 passes (.565)
for 265.5 yards a game.
He has thrown for two touchdowns
and has had two picked off.
Running back Jason Palmer, 5-10, 205pound
senior from Concord, Calif., leads the
team rushing with 91.0 yards a game and 5.2
yards a carry. He has two scores.
Matt Jackson, 5-11, 165-pound
sophomore wideout from Edmond, Okla.
(Santa Fe), has had 13 receptions for 126
yards and Ryan Gallimore, 6-2, 207-pound
senior wideout from Okmulgee, Okla., has
nine catches for 194 yards and two
touchdowns.
Defensively, the Bronchos have been
led by Terry Hardeman, 6-0, 235-pound
senior linebacker from Oklahoma City (Star
Spencer). He has 18 tackles and three have
been for losses. He has one sack.
As a team, the Bronchos are averaging
432 total yards a game, 166.5 rushing and
265.5 passing. The defense has allowed 455
total yards a game, 194.5 rushing and 260.5
passing.
The Javelinas are averaging 470.5 total
yards a game, 161 rushing and 309.5
passing. The Border Bandits have allowed
189 total yards a game, 62 rushing and 127
passing.
Quarterback Billy Garza, 6-1, 235-pound
senior from Brownsville (Porter), has
completed 37 of 61 passes (.607) for 254
yards a game. He has five touchdown
tosses and has thrown two interceptions.
Joe Williams, 5-6, 180-pound senior
running back from Houston (Forest Brook),
is the top rusher with 51.5 yards a game and
4.5 yards a carry. He has three scores.
Wideout Ryan Lincoln, 6-0, 175-pound
junior from Bastrop, has 15 catches for 260
yards and a touchdown.
Defensively, Arlen Childress, 5-10, 217pound
senior linebacker from Humble, has
12 tackles and 1.5 have been for losses.
This is the third of four consecutive
home appearances to open the season for
the Javelinas. They’ll remain in Javelina
Stadium Sept. 19 to take on Northeastern
Oklahoma.

Javelina Hash
By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs
Continued from Page 4
1987 and 1988 and he was the season scoring average leader in 1987.
…..Former Javelina coach Ron Harms is 31st among all NCAA collegiate coaches
in victories.
He had 219 wins in his 31 years of coaching.
Harms was head of the Javelina program in 1979-99.
He is 45th in winning percentage among DII coaches. Harms is seventh in
victories won on the DII coaching list.
…..The 2008 Javelinas had the sixth biggest turnaround in DII. The Javelinas
had been 3-8 in 2007 and were 7-4 last season, giving the squad a four-game turnaround.
LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes:
…..Jerod Goodale has been named assistant baseball coach at Angelo State.
He replaces Marty Smlith.
Goodale has been a volunteer assistant coach at Wichita State for the past three years.
Prior to Wichita State, he was an assistant at Fort Hays (Kan.) State for two years.
NCAA DIVISION II notes:
…..Northern (S.D.) State and Minnesota State-Moorhead have joined the Rocky
Mountain Athletic Conference in women’s swimming and diving.
The RMAC will have nine schools with the additions. Others are Adams (Colo.)
State, Colorado School of Mines, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Mesa (Colo.), Nebraska-
Kearney, Texas-Permian Basin and Incarnate Word.
Incarnate Word becomes a member of the Lone Star Conference in all other
sports beginning in 2010-11.
…..West Virginia Wesleyan’s opening football game Aug. 29 with St. Paul’s (Va.)
was canceled because of an equipment problem.
St. Paul’s notified West Virginia Wesleyan that the helmets and pads the school
had ordered for the season had not arrived.
The game will not be rescheduled and St. Paul’s will be responsible for the
cancelation fee spelled out in the contract.
A West Virginia Wesleyan official said, “In my nearly 20 years of work in
collegiate athletics, I have never experienced anything like this. We are extremely
disappointed for our student-athletes and coaches who have been working so hard in
anticipation of this game. I know our coaches and players will make the best of this
difficult situation and turn their attention to our ‘new’ opener Sept. 5…”
…..Three Division II conferences have announced agreements that give more
exposure to their schools.
The Great Northwest Athletic Conference has signed with Penn Atlantic Inc. to
videostream conference events in 2009-10.
Most league home volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games will be
available free. Selected other contests including men’s and women’s soccer games
and home football games at Central Washington and Western Oregon will be streamed.
Seventy-seven events will be streamed in September and October.
The Great Lakes Valley Conference has B2 Network as its official broadband
broadcaster. The provider plans to broadcast more than 400 GLVC events a year.
Fans can purchase individual games for $7 and a special season pass for
basketball will be announced later.
B2Networks also has agreements with the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletlic
Conference, Pacific West Conference and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, each
a Division II league.
The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has selected Midcontinent
Communications for a 36-event package this year. The agreement includes two
football games, four volleyball matches and 30 men’s and women’s basketball games.
Alums Return
Former Javelina football players Dave Gilbert, left, and R.J. Rolf, right,
returned to campus for the Javelina opening football game. Center is
Elaine Rolf. Gilbert and Rolf played for the Javelinas in the mid-1960s.
LSC Volleyball Prospectus Series
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a
series of articles on the Lone Star Conference
volleyball teams. The articles were written
by Nick Eatman of the LSC office).
Texas A&M-Commerce
Second-year coach Mark Pryor helped
turn things around last season for the
Lions, who finished with a winning record
(15-12) and advanced to the postseason
tournament for the first time since 2002.
And Pryor did so with a shorthanded
group, finishing the year with just seven players.
But the Lions will welcome the return
to three second-team All-LSC performers,
including senior libero Lauren Flynn, one of
the best at her position in the conference.
Flynn, the LSC co-libero of the year in
2008, led the conference in digs with 5.79
average.
Junior setter Perla Faudoa carried over
her success from the junior college level to
a solid first year at Commerce. Another
second-team all-conference pick, Faudoa
ranked fourth in the LSC, averaging 9.58
assists a game.
Junior middle blocker Morgan Ballard
ranked second in the conference with a .327
hitting percentage. The Lions were 8-3 in the
11 games in which Ballard had at least 10 kills.
Other Lions expected to contribute this
year include junior middle blocker Terra
Ousley and junior setter Rachael Shelton.
West Texas A&M
Despite having a new head coach, the
Lady Buffs have no intentions of changing
anything else in regards to WTAM’s recent
dominance in the Lone Star Conference.
Jason Skoch takes over a team that not
only hasn’t lost a conference match since
2005, but has won three straight
championship tournaments as well.
If that’s not enough, the Lady Buffs
return three NCAA All-America candidates,
including senior Laura Prinsen, the LSC’s
offensive player of the year. Prinsen led the
league with 506 kills last year.
Senior Katie Rickwartz, the LSC’s setter
of the year and MVP in the championship
tournament, returns after leading the
conference in assists with 1,386.
And senior middle blocker Melissa
Harper was a first-team All-LSC selection
and a South Central all-region pick. Harper
led the LSC with a .333 hitting percentage
and was fifth in kills with 354.
Prinsen, Rickwartz and Harper have
plenty of experience, having played in two
consecutive NCAA national semifinal
matches in 2006 and 2007 before last year’s
exit in the regional semifinals.
“It’s always great to inherit a team like
this in your first year,” said Skoch, who had
a 137-22 record at Truman (Mo.) State
before arriving in Canyon. “It’s a lot better
to come and know that these girls understand
what championship ball is all about.”
Other key returners for the Lady Buffs
include senior middle blocker Ashley Dyer,
junior outside hitter Lauren Thedford and
senior outside hitter Natalie Johnson.

Javelina Notes of Interest
From Scott Gines, TAMUK vice president for institutional advancement
Javelina Hall of Fame
Remember to purchase your tickets for the 2009 Javelina Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony and Luncheon by Wednesday, Sept. 16. Tickets are $25 and
can be purchased online (www.javelinatickets.com, 361-593-4030). Walk-up ticket
sales are not available.
When: 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 19
Where: MSUB Ballroom
2009 Inductees: George Harris, Moses Horn, Precious Thibodeaux, 1959
Football National Champions
Daddy O’s Javelina Hall of Fame Golf Classic
Former letterwinners and Javelina fans remember to sign-up for the 2009 Daddy
O’s Hall of Fame Golf Classic!! Net proceeds support the Javelina Hall of Fame
and Javelina T-Association. Participants and sponsors can register online at
www.javelinaathletics.com.
When: Noon, Shotgun start, Friday, Sept. 18
Where: L.E. Ramey Golf Course
Cost: $65
National Championship Reunion Fund
While preparing for this fall’s three national championship reunions, these
milestone events present an opportunity to reflect on the role Javelina football played
in the lives of each player and coach. Coach Steinke’s and Coach Harm’s basic
tenets of self-discipline, perseverance and leadership are timeless values still needed
as much today as they were “back in the day.”
These championship values require more than professions of pride and belief.
Indeed, they also need our financial support for the future. The National
Championship Reunion Fund is a special campaign to assist Javelina football, held in
conjunction with the 30 th , 40 th and 50 th reunions of national championship teams.
For most Javelina football alumni this represents the first time former players are
asked to consider an endowment commitment or planned gift. The National
Championship Reunion Fund provides each team with a unique opportunity to
contribute to the legacy they forged together and for all time. Participation is the key
emphasis, and each contribution is a life-changing investment in the future of Javelina
football.
Additional information can be found at “Reunion Central,”
www.javelinaathletics.com.
Porky’s Pack
Beginning Saturday, Sept. 12, Porky’s Pack members will be admitted through
the large tent at the South end, East side of Javelina Stadium.
Student Section
In response to our vibrant and growing student body and game-day attendance,
new banners in Sections K and L (West stands) will outline our traditional student
section. Banners should arrive prior to this weekend’s contest versus the University
of Central Oklahoma.
.....Forever!!
Hog Calls Interview
Shane Meling, right, Javelina sports information director, interviews
Javelina running back Joe Willliams on the weekly Hog Calls radio show.
The show is broadcast live from Young’s Pizza in Kingsville and is sponsored
by Macareno Signs and Graphics of Alice. It is broadcast on ESPN
1230-AM in Corpus Christi, KOPY-FM 92.1 in Alice, KTAI 91.1 in
Kingsville and KNAL 1410-AM in Victoria.
NCAA Division II Volleyball Poll (Aug. 31)
Compiled by the American Volleyball Coaches Association
Rank School (1 st place votes) Points
1. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) (32) 800
2. California State-San Bernardino 764
3. West Texas A&M 721
4. Emporia (Kan.) State 706
5. Nebraska-Kearney 672
6. Grand Valley (Mich.) State 620
7. California-San Diego 584
8. Southwest Minnesota 570
9. Tampa (Fla.) 532
10. Washburn (Kan.) 519
11. Minnesota-Duluth 492
12. Central Missouri 457
13. Truman (Mo.) State 387
14. Florida Southern 319
15. West Florida 270
16. Nova Southeastern (Fla.) 254
17. Pittsburg (Kan.) State 234
18. Minnesota State-Mankato 221
19. Lewis (Idaho) 196
20. Indianapolis (Ind.) 181
21. California State-Los Angeles 148
Western Washington 148
23. Metropolitan (Colo.) State 113
24. Sonoma (Calif.) State 92
25. Augustana (S.D.) 72
(Bold-faced and italicized teams are in the Lone Star Conference)

Football Captains
These four senior members of the Javelina football team have been elected captains by their teammates. Left to
right are Jeff Edwards, defensive end from Houston (Westside); Billy Garza, quarterback from Brownsville
(Porter); Jimmy Saddler-McQueen, defensive lineman from Houston (Forest Brook), and Markeith Wesley,
offensive lineman from Navasota. Edwards, Saddler-McQueen and Wesley are three-year lettermen and Garza is
in his second year with the Javelinas. This is Wesley’s third year as a captain.
Lone Star Conference Football Prospectus Series
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a
series of articles on the Lone Star
Conference opponents of the Javelina
football team this fall. The articles were
written by Nick Eatman of the LSC office).
West Texas A&M
Scoring 68 points in the final game of
the season, and not winning a
championship, is a rare thing for any
football team on any level.
But it happened to West Texas A&M
last year as the Buffaloes found themselves
on the wrong end of one of the wildest
games in NCAA history.
Despite a 93-68 second-round loss to
Lone Star Conference rival Abilene
Christian, which was the school’s fourth
consecutive second-round playoff loss, the
2008 season was a success for the Buffs,
who finished 11-2 and had 17 players
picked for the All-LSC first and second
teams.
Head coach Don Carthel, who enters
his fifth season with a record of 44-7 at
WTAM, knows it won’t be easy to live up
to preseason ranking, which had the Buffs
second in the LSC South. That is because
of those 17 all-conference players, 10 were
seniors.
“We lost a lot of seniors last year so to
be picked second is a shock to me,” Carthel
said. “I would venture to say we have the
2009 Javelina Volleyball Schedule
Sept. 10 – St. Thomas in Houston, 7 p.m.
Sept. 15 – Texas A&M International in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 - *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 2 p.m.
Sept. 24 - *Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford, Okla., 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 - *Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 2 p.m.
Oct. 2 – St. Edward’s in Austin, 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 – Incarnate Word in San Antonio, 11 a.m.
Oct. 3 – St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 3 p.m.
Oct. 8 – *Cameron in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 - *Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant, Okla., 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 - *East Central in Ada, Okla., 2 p.m.
Oct. 20 – Texas A&M International in Laredo, 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Oct. 29 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Oct. 31 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 2 p.m.
Nov. 5 - *Abilene Christian in Abilene, 7 p.m.
Nov. 7 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 2 p.m.
Nov. 12-14 – Lone Star Conference Championships, TBA
*Lone Star Conference matches.
fewest starters back of any in the
(conference) North or South. We have
three offensive and four defensive starters,
and a kicker.”
That still leaves Carthel more than a
handful of key returners, including senior
offensive tackle J’Marcus Webb, a firstteam
All-America pick last year and
preseason selection for 2009. Webb (6-8,
320) is already on the radar by scouts and
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LSC Cross Country
Prospectus Series
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a
series of articles on the Lone Star Conference
cross country teams. The articles were
written by Nick Eatman of the LSC office).
West Texas A&M women
Kimberly Dudley enters her 14 th season
as head coach of the Lady Buffs’ cross
country team but to repeat last season’s
second-place LSC finish, or even win the
conference title, she’ll have to do so
without a returning letterwinner.
The Lady Buffs’ roster has no
upperclassmen. There are nine freshmen
and two sophomores. Allie Reyna was with
the team early last season but an injury
forced her to miss the entire year. She’ll
return for her sophomore campaign.
The other sophomore is Eddah
Toroitich, a Kenyan transfer from the
University of Wyoming.
Angleo State men
Head coach James Reid returns for his
10 th season and brings back seniors Brian
Carroll and Shannon Cunningham from last
year’s squad that finished sixth in the LSC
championships.
Cunningham was 14 th in the final
conference meet while Carroll placed 18 th .
Also returning are juniors Nate Gonzales
and Andy Ruvalcaba and sophomores Robert
Hummingbird and Randal Guinn.
Colors Presentation
A color guard from the
Kingsville Naval Air
Station provided the
colors at the Javelina
football game last
weekend. Armed
Forces Day was
celebrated.

‘79 Football Team Being Honored on 30th Anniversary of National Title
Winning a national championship is
nice, under any circumstance.
But when you can take the title after
receiving no respect prior to the start of the
season, it’s even nicer.
Such was the case with the 1979 Texas
A&I Javelina football team.
The 1979 coaches, players and staff are
being recognized this weekend on the 30
1979 Javelina Results
Javelina 7, Troy (Ala.) 6
Javelinas 41, East Central 21
Javelinas 31, Texas Southern 7
Javelinas 37, Abilene Christian 21
Javelinas 31, S.F. Austin 10
Javelinas 24, Angelo State 8
East Texas 3, Javelinas 0
Javelinas 56, Howard Payne 10
Javelinas 42, Southwest Texas 10
*Javelinas 38, Western (Colo.) State 14
+Javelinas 22, Angelo State 19
#Javelinas 20, Central Oklahoma 14
*NAIA national quarterfinal game
+NAIA national semifinal game
#NAIA national championship game
th
anniversary of their capturing of the NAIA
national championship.
It really wasn’t a surprise that the team
wasn’t given recognition before the start of
the season.
First, there was a new head coach
coming in, and he wasn’t hired until a few
weeks before the start of preseason
workouts.
Ron Harms wasn’t new to the program
but he had been away from the Javelinas for
three years, serving on the staff at Baylor.
Harms had been the offensive
coordinator for the Javelinas in 1974 and
1975, and the team went 25-0 in those two
seasons.
And another reason for the low pick for
the Javelinas was the fact they had finished
third in the Lone Star Conference the
previous year and posted a 6-5 record.
The team was picked fifth in the 1979
preseason conference poll.
But the club stunned the conference,
the nation, officials and fans by going 12-1
and claiming the school’s seventh national
championship.
The Javelinas were also atop the LSC
final standings.
The squad opened the season with a 7-
6 victory over Troy (Ala.), a college
division power at the time, in Alabama and
then won nine of its 10 regular-season
contests.
The only setback was a 3-0 loss at East
Texas State (now Texas A&M-Commerce).
In the playoffs, the Javelinas beat
Western (Colo.) State, 38-14, in the opening
game and then downed conference cohort
Angelo State, 22-19, in a semifinal matchup.
The championship game was played in
McAllen and future LSC cohort Central
State (now Central Oklahoma) furnished the
opposition.
The Javelinas prevailed in a 20-14
struggle.
Linebacker Andy Hawkins was an
Associated Press Little All-America
honoree and he also made the American
Football Coaches Association All-America
first unit.
He and safety Jafus White were NAIA
All-America first team and White also made
the Mizlou Network All-America lineup.
Six Javelinas were All-LSC first team:
Hawkins, wideout John Herrera, running
back Robert Pool, defensive back Emmuel
Thompson, White and offensive lineman
Eldon Wilie.
Two members of the 1979 team were
drafted by NFL clubs. Hawkins went with
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and White was
picked by the Green Bay Packers.
Selected by their teammates to serve as
captains were Randy Friedrich, Hawkins,
Mike Sheffield and Martin Stroman.
Stroman led the team offensively with
184.53 total yards a game. He completed 78
of 162 passes for 114.9 yards a game and 10
touchdowns. He had six interceptions.
Pool was the leading rusher with 91.5
yards a game and 5.8 yards a carry. He had
12 touchdowns.
Herrera was the leading receiver,
catching 34 passes for 647 yards and eight
touchdowns.
Hawkins topped the tackle chart with
85 tackles. He had three interceptions and
two fumble recoveries.
On Harms’ coaching staff were Pat
Aguilar, Doug McCutchen, Don Pittman,
Glenn Starks, Robert Young and Bobby
Jack Wright.
The Javelinas drew huge crowds for
their home games. The matchup with ACU
saw 17,000 in Javelina Stadium and there
were 16,500 for the regular-season game
with Angelo State.
The Javelinas drew 13,000 for Sam Houston
and 11,500 for the East Central contest.
Several activities are planned for the 1979
team this weekend and it will be introduced at
the Javelinas’ game with Central Oklahoma
Saturday night in Javelina Stadium.
NCAA Division II Football Poll
Compiled by the American Football Coaches Association
Rank School (1 st place votes) Points
1. Grand Valley (Mich.) State (25) 625
2. Abilene Christian 589
3. North Alabama 571
4. Pittsburg (Kan.) State 556
5. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 524
6. Central Washington 499
7. Northwest Missouri State 459
8. Minnesota State-Mankato 386
9. Minnesota-Duluth 361
10. Delta (Miss.) State 344
11. Texas A&M-Kingsville 320
12. Albany (Ga.) State 315
13. Central Missouri 298
14. Tuskegee (Ala.) 276
15. Chadron (Neb.) State 272
16. Saginaw Valley (Mich.) State 221
17. Catawba (N.C.) 187
18. Valdosta (Ga.) State 171
19. Ashland (Ohio) 148
20. Winona (Minn.) State 144
21. West Chester (Pa.) 142
22. Tarleton State 82
23. Wayne (Neb.) State 79
24. Central Oklahoma 63
Indiana (Pa.) 63
Others receiving votes include Midwestern State and West Texas A&M.
(Bold-faced and italicized teams are in the Lone Star Conference)
Great Support
The students and fans have given the Javelina football team great support in the first two home appearances this
season. There have been an average of 10,000 fans at the two contests and there were 1,500 fans at the volleyball
team’s first home match last week in the Steinke Center.

1979 Javelina Roster
Name P Class Hometown (School)
Gary Aguayo TE Jr. Victoria (Stroman)
Gerald Allen DE Jr. Corpus Christi (Miller)
Sam Bailey RB Jr. McKinney
Joe Barefield LB Jr. Victoria (Stroman)
Marcus Bonner RB So. Brazoria (Columbia)
Clifford Burrow C Sr. Lubbock (Estacado)
Ned Butler TE So. Llano
Juan Castillo DE So. Port Isabel
Chris Cernosek DT Fr. Schulenburg
Allyn Chizer LB Fr. Aldine (MacArthur)
James Clements C So. Houston (Waltrip)
Randy Cretors QB Fr. Yoakum
Harry Culberson TE Fr. Gatesville
Craig Dair LB So. Houston (Kashmere)
Joel Dragan G Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Keith Duran DT Jr. Montebello, Calif.
Jim Fitzgerald DB Fr. Killeen
Randy Friedrich DT Sr. Schulenburg
David Garza DB Fr. Kerrville (Tivy)
Willie Gee WR Fr. Bay City
Andy Hawkins LB Sr. Van Vleck
John Herrera WR Jr. Galveston (Ball)
Maurice Hill LB So. Buffalo, N.Y.
Dereck Hillyer LB Fr. San Antonio (Sam Houston)
Stuart Isdale G So. Killeen
Larry James WR Fr. Galveston (Ball)
Simon Johnson DB Fr. Bay City
Adrian Jones WR Fr. Houston (Milby)
Jessie Jones DB Fr. Woodsboro
Bart Kaiser DE Fr. Kerrville (Tivy)
David Mims DE So. Junction
Lawrence Nellons RB Fr. San Antonio (South San West)
Royce Nitchmann T So. Victoria (Stroman)
Dennis Pannell DT Fr. Austin (Reagan)
Tracy Payne T Fr. Woodsboro
Robert Pool RB Sr. LaGrange
Justin Price LB Fr. Carthage, Mo.
Henry Pullam T So. Robstown
Ronald Ray WR Fr. Arp
Tommy Richard RB So. Port Lavaca (Calhoun)
Jimmy Rivera RB Fr. Houston (Milby)
Melvin Roland G Fr. Port Lavaca (Calhoun)
Durwood Roquemore DB So. Dallas (South Oak Cliff)
Randy Schirck QB Fr. Orangefield
Leroy Seidel DT Jr. San Antonio (McCollum)
Mike Sheffield T Sr. Houston (Westbury)
Ricky Smith RB Sr. San Marcos
Scott Sparks QB Fr. Rockdale
Martin Stroman QB Sr. Rockdale
Dan Sutton LB Jr. Pasadena (Rayburn)
Emmuel Thompson DB So. Houston (Washington)
Carlos Tijerina QB Fr. Charlotte
Donald Washington DB Jr. Galveston (Ball)
Jafus White DB Sr. Cameron (Yoe)
Eldon Wilie G Sr. Gatesville
Calvin Williams T Fr. San Antonio (Sam Houston)
1979 National Championship Javelina Team
LSC Football Prospectus Series
(Continued from Page 7)
coaches for NFL teams.
Taylor Harris will take over for departed
Keith Null, a six-round pick of the St. Louis
Rams last spring. Harris has been the
primary backup the past two years but has
gained the confidence of his head coach.
“He has been a leader, on the field and
in the weight room,” Carthel said of Harris.
“We feel real good about what he’s done,
filling in for Keith in the past, and now he’s
ready to go as our quarterback.”
Running back Keithon Fleming rushed
for 756 yards and scored 13 touchdowns
despite missing all or parts of four games
with a broken bone in his hand. Fleming
has accounted for 3,212 all-purpose yards
the past two years.
At receiver, the Buffs are counting on
A.J. Ruffins, Jeremy Watson, Brittan Golden
and Stephen Burton to pick up the slack for
departed Charly Martin, who was signed by
the San Diego Chargers as a free agent.
The defensive line will be anchored by
senior defensive tackle Broderick Marshall
and nose tackle Marcus Rowe. Other key
returners on defense include linebackers
Anthony Scott and Mark Ford, and
defensive tackle Tae Evans and Curtis
Jefferson.
Despite an always-tough LSC South
schedule, the Buffaloes’ non-conference
tilts included an Aug. 29 home game with
Division II powerhouse Grand Valley
(Mich.) State and a road game against
Central Washington.

Community Covenant Signing
A community covenant, stating that the citizens of Kleberg County, businesses and the University are committed
to building partnerships that support the strength, resilience and readiness of our service members and their
families and assisting in the implementatiion of the Armed Forces Community Covenant, was signed during last
weekend’s Armed Forces Day activities at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Left to right are Col. Robert Crow, Texas
Army National Guard; Capt. Philip Waddingham, Naval Air Station Kingsville; Maj. John Hubert, U.S. Army
Reserve; Lt. Gen. Marc Cisneros, U.S. Army, retired; Rear Admiral Mark Guadagnini, Chief of Naval Air Training;
Capt. Robert Paulison, U.S. Coast Guard; State Rep. Tara Rios-Ybarra; Sam Fugate, Kingsville mayor; Dr.
Steven Tallant, president TAMUK, Lt Col. U.S. Air Force, retired; Dick Messbarger, and Col. Phil Kruse, U.S.
Marine Corps, retired.
Former Javelina Coach Dies in Fort Worth
Dave Smith, 76, who began his
coaching career with the Texas A&I
Javelina football team in the mid-1950s, died
recently in Fort Worth after an 11-year
battle with cancer.
Smith played football at Texas A&M
where one of his coaches was Gil Steinke.
Steinke took over as head coach of the
Javelinas in 1954 and he hired Smith as an
assistant in 1955.
Smith was on the staff for four years.
He then coached at San Antonio
MacArthur, Corsicana, Nederland and
Sherman high schools before spending 11
years as head coach and an assistant at
Southern Methodist. He was the head
coach at Oklahoma State in 1972.
Smith also served as offensive
coordinator at Winnpeg and Toronto in the
Canadian Football League and later was a
physical education teacher for the
physically handicapped in the DeSoto and
Lancaster school districts.
He was a native of Lockhart.
Smith is survived by his wife, Judy; a
son, Greg; a daughter, Ann K. Smith; his
father, Joel Davis Smith Sr.; four
grandchildren; two sisters and a brother.
Graveside services were last
Wednesday at Holly Hills Memorial Park in
Fort Worth and a memorial service was held
Friday at McKinney Memorial Bible Church
in Fort Worth.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be
sent to McKinney Memorial Bible Church,
4805 Arborlawn, Fort Worth, TX 761098;
Oscar Roan Ministries, P.O. Box 1026,
Rockwell, TX 77087, or Coaches Outreach,
1720 Regal Row, Suite 152, Dallas, TX
75235.
NCAA Division II
Football Poll (Sept. 1)
Compiled by D2Football.com
Rank School
1. Grand Valley (Mich.)
2. Abilene Christian
3. Minnesota-Duluth
4. North Alabama
5. Pittsburg (Kan.) State
6. Bloomsburg (Pa.)
7. Northwest Missouri
8. Chadron (Neb.) State
9. Central Washington
10. Minnesota State-Mankato
11. Texas A&M-Kingsville
12. Delta (Miss.) State
13. West Texas A&M
14. Tuskegee (Ala.)
15. Valdosta (Ga.) State
16. Edinboro (Pa.)
17. West Chester (Pa.)
18. California (Pa.)
19. Catawba (N.C.)
20. Newberry (S.C.)
21. Indiana (Pa.)
22. Nebraska-(Omaha
23. Ashland (Ohio)
24. Saginaw Valley (Mich.)
25. Carson-Newman (Tenn.)
(Bold-faced and italicized teams are
in the Lone Star Conference)
2009 Javelina Football Schedule
Sept. 12 – *Central Oklahoma in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
(Hispanic Heritage Weekend, 30 th Anniversary Reunion
1979 National Champions)
Sept. 19 – *Northeastern Oklahoma in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
(Hall of Fame Weekend, 50 th Anniversary Reunion 1959
National Champions)
Sept. 26 – *+West Texas A&M in Canyon, 6 p.m.
Oct. 3 – *+Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Parents
Weekend, 40 th Anniversary Reunion 1969 National
Champions, Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor
Induction of Karl Douglas)
Oct. 10 – *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 6 p.m.
Oct. 17 – *+Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 8 p.m.
Oct. 24 – *+Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
(Homecoming, Alumni Golf Tournament)
Oct. 31 – *+Abilene Christian in Abilene, 2 p.m.
Nov. 7 – *+Angelo State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Community
Appreciation Day,Women’s Walk)
*Lone Star Conference games
+Lone Star Conference South Division games.

1969 Javelina Friends Recall Experiences During Championship Season
In the summer of 1966, Allen Kaiser and
Roger Jarvis were Eagle Scouts.
They met at a Boy Scout Order of the
Arrow Conference at Indian Creek Scout
Camp near Ingram.
The Guadalupe River flooded during
the conference, preventing more than 1,000
Scouts from going home.
Jarvis recalls that it was at that time he
and Kaiser met.
“He was a skinny fellow and had really
big feet. The Scout leadership gave us lots
of ice cream since the power had failed and
it was going to melt. Allen was hogging the
ice cream.
“We’ve been good friends since that
1966 meeting.”
Three years later Kaiser began his
career with the famed Texas A&I Border
Bandit defense. Jarvis would join the
Javelinas as a student trainer.
“It was during two-a-days that head
coach Gil Steinke told the backs and ends
to go to one end of the field and the
linemen to go to the other,” Jarvis says.
Kaiser, a former high school
quarterback at Center Point High School,
drifted down the field with the quarterbacks
but when Steinke saw him, he unloaded on
the skinny prospect. “He asked him what
he was doing with the backs,” Jarvis said.
Kaiser mumbled that he was a quarterback.
“With feet as big as yours, you’re
going to be a lineman,” Steinke told Kaiser.
The rest is history. Kaiser went on to
become an All-Lone Star Conference
linebacker, two-time captain, a signee of the
Houston Oilers and a member of the
Javelina Hall of Fame.
“Gil Steinke was a brilliant coach and a
wonderful human being,” Jarvis says. “He
could recognize talent, and then develop it,
as well as anyone in the business.
“He was a George Patton on the field
but was totally dedicated to his players,
coaches and the University. He gave up on
no one.
“Because of his teachings and caring,
all of us became better men and
contributors to society, our families and our
nation.”
Jarvis was a student trainer during the
1969 championship season.
“Roger would find ways to sneak us a
little extra gear and special assistance from
time to time,” Kaiser says. “Under the
watchful eye of head trainer Ron ‘Doc’
Hunt and the even more watchful eye of
Steinke, this was not an easy endeavor
even for the devious Jarvis.”
“He was good at what he did in the
training room but he was up to mischief all
the time and I guess that is why we all got
along so well. After wins, and there were
Fishing Tips
Roger Jarvis, left, long-time resident of Alaska and former Javelina student
trainer, gives Allen Kaiser, former Javelina linebacker, “tips” on how
to catch and land Alaskan behemoths during their recent fishing trip to
Alaska.
many, we routinely threw him and the others
on the training staff in the showers.”
The 1969 team was packed with power.
“Having just barely lost to Troy (Ala.) State
in the 1968 championship game, the 1969
squad was determined to not only make it
back to the playoffs but to win the title.”
The Javelinas were 9-1 in the regular
season and went on to defeat New Mexico
Highlands in the semifinals.
The following week, the team crushed
Concordia (Minn.) and captured the
school’s second national championship
trophy.
Kaiser was a four-year starter and
graduated in 1972. Jarvis continued as
trainer and graduated in 1971. Both were
part of the 1970 club that won a second
consecutive championship.
Jarvis remembers an event in 1969 that
he feels cemented his friendship with
Kaiser.
“At the expense of physical retribution,
I’ll tell you how Allen got his nickname, ‘Ski
Ramp’,” Jarvis says. “In one of the games,
Allen was clobbered across his face mask.
He came stumbling out of the game,
crouched over. I met him halfway and I
could see his nose appeared broken.
“He had blood coming out of his
nostrils and the 90-degree angle of his
appendage indicated an injury.
“I remembered Doc Hunt was working
on another injured player. Allen kept
hollering for me to do something about his
nose and get him back into the game.
“I told him I thought it might be broken
and that Doc should see it. ‘No, no, I don’t
want to see Doc’, Allen said. ‘Just fix it’.
“I reached inside the face mask and
told him I would count to three and try to
straighten it out, and it might hurt a bit. At
two, I vigorously turned his nose back into
a somewhat straight position.
“He hollered….I mean really hollered.
‘You said it would only hurt a bit and you
were going to count to three,’ Kaiser told
me. I said I guess I got carried away with
the moment.
“He asked how it looked and I told him
the bleeding had stopped and as a nonprofessional,
it appeared to be reasonably
straight again. There was a slight bending
up at the end.
“Kaiser returned to play and never
complained. Afterwards, he didn’t want to
tell Doc and thus no further action was
taken, at least not that year.
“After all these years we still call him
‘Ski Ramp’.
Both are now retired and after 42 years
Kaiser and Jarvis still get together.
“Since graduation, we still travel to see
each other,” Jarvis says. “I spent my career
in the Defense Department and most of my
32 years were spent overseas.
“I retired in 2003 and settled in
Battleground, Wash. We fish and hunt
together annually and have done so for
decades. Allen and I have fished all over
Alaska.
“We also return to the Guadalupe River
where we both grew up.
“We were in Alaska for 10 days in
August.
“Richard Chapman, a member of the
1971-73 Javelina football teams, was on the
trip with us.
“We cherish all the memories we have
had together but especially those years at
Texas A&I. Those memories we cherish the
most.”
Kaiser was head coach and athletic
director at Center Point for years. He retired
in 2008.
“After all these years and with all his
money, he’s had knee replacements,
shoulder surgery and numerous ailments
brought on by his playing days,” Jarvis
says. “You would think he would go and
get that nose straightened out.”
Garza, Alvarado Named
IBC Players of the Week
Texas A&M-Kingsville quarterback
Billy Garza and cross country runner Erica
Alvarado have been named the IBC players
of the week for their performances last
week.
Garza, senior from Brownsville (Porter),
had an outstanding game in the statistics
column for the second consecutive week as
he helped the Javelinas take a 39-6 victory
over East Central last weekend in Javelina
Stadium.
He completed 15 of 23 passes (.652) for
202 yards and four touchdowns.
Alvarado, senior from Falfurrias,
spurted at the end of her race to take first
place in a dual cross country meet with
Texas A&M International in Laredo.
Her victory gave the Javelinas a onepoint
win over the host school in the team
standings.
They become the second honorees of
the season. Defensive lineman Jeff
Edwards and volleyball outside hitter Sha
Tramble had been recognized the previous
week.

Future Javelina Cheerleader
Kylie Russell, 16 months and
daughter of Dickie and Mari
Russell, attended the East Central
game last weekend in Javelina
Stadium and “was taken in with all
the activity on the field,” according
to her granddad Richard Russell of
Midland. Dickie is a former
Javelina offensive lineman and is a
Department of Public Safety trooper
in George West and Mari is a
special education administrator at
Corpus Christi Moody High School.
Dickie is the son of Richard and
Jane Russell of Midland and Mari
is the daughter of Rudy and Dianne
Ramos of Kingsville.
Alaskan Catch
Allen Kaiser, a
member of the
1969 and 1970
Javelina nationalchampionship
football
teams, displays
his world class
Alaskan Yellow
Eye Snapper,
caught in
August. His
fish weighed 35
pounds and the
average Yellow
Eye weighs 8-
12 pounds.
Cross Country Teams Idle
After Winning Opening Meet
The Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s and
women’s cross country teams will be idle
this weekend after taking victories in their
opening meet last weekend in Laredo.
The Javelinas defeated Texas A&M
International in the team competition and
had the individual winners against runners
from TAMIU and Sul Ross.
Erica Alvarado, senior from Falfurrias,
surged to win the women’s title, and to give
the Javelinas a first-place finish.
She ran a 19:06 to edge out TAMIU’s
Marlene Gutierrez, who had a 19:12.
Gutierrez is an All-Heartland Conference
returnee for the Dustdevils.
Jessica Martinez, sophomore from
Zapata, was third in 20:32.
Other times for the Javelinas were
Xochitl Gomez, senior from Laredo (United
South), sixth in 22:44; Ivette Guerra, senior
from Kingsville (King), ninth in 23:37, and
Grecia Volantin, senior from Mexico City,
11 th in 25:36.
The Javelina women had a 27 team
score and the Dustdevils had 28 points. Sul
Ross had a single runner.
In the men’s division, Javelina Kiya
Dandena, sophomore from Houston
(Bellaire), took the individual title, edging
out teammate Daniel Castro, senior form
Pasadena (Dobie). Dandena ran a 16:08
over the 5000-meter course, and Castro had
a 16:16.
Other Javelina places and times were
Margarito Corona, senior from Premont,
fourth in 16:58; Esteban Lopez, freshman
from Rio Grande City, seventh in 17:30;
Mario Maldonado, sophomore form Lytle,
10 th in 18:16, and Chris Garza, freshman from
McAllen, 13 th in 19:37.
LSC Honors Edwards,Williams
Texas A&M-Kingsville linebacker Jeff
Edwards and running back Joe Williams
were named Lone Star Conference players
of the week for their performances in the
Javelinas’ opening game with Delta (Miss.)
State.
Edwards, senior from Houston
(Westside), had an interception that helped
the Javelinas preserve a lead late in the game.
He had six tackles in the contest.
Williams, senior from Houston (Forest
Brook), scored three of the Javelinas’ four
touchdowns in the victory.
He rushed for 80 yards.
The Javelina men defeated TAMIU, 23-
32. Sul Ross had four runners and didn’t
compete for the team title.
The Javelinas return to action Sept. 18
at the Texas-San Antonio Classic in San
Antonio.
Invited Back
Sam Strickland, who finished his
career with the Javelina baseball
team last spring, is now with the
Toronto Blue Jays and has been
invited to take part in the team’s
instructional league later this month
in Florida.