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Homecoming<br />
Events<br />
Scheduled<br />
Throughout<br />
Next Week<br />
VOLUME X, NO. 11 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 OCT. 14, 2009<br />
Football Goes for No. 8 on Trip to Midwestern State<br />
Going Down<br />
Mike<br />
Talamantez (59),<br />
junior defensive<br />
end from Laredo<br />
(United), and<br />
Delra Glover<br />
(26), junior<br />
defensive back<br />
from<br />
Hempstead,<br />
zero in on an<br />
opponent ball<br />
carrier.<br />
Volleyball Team Has LSC Matches in Oklahoma<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
volleyball team, fresh from two<br />
Lone Star Conference victories last<br />
week on the home court, will travel<br />
to Oklahoma for a pair of league<br />
matches this week.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s will be in<br />
Durant Thursday for a match with<br />
Southeastern Oklahoma and will<br />
be in Ada Saturday for a matchup<br />
with East Central.<br />
Both opponents are in the<br />
upper rungs of the LSC standings.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s are 12-9 overall<br />
and 2-4 in the LSC.<br />
Southeastern was 17-8 overall<br />
going into a Monday night nonconference<br />
match with Arkansas-<br />
Fort Smith and is 3-2 in the<br />
conference standings.<br />
East Central is 12-13 overall<br />
and 3-2 in the conference going<br />
into a Thursday night match with<br />
Tarleton State in Stephenville.<br />
Kristin Chancellor, 5-10 senior<br />
middle blocker from Bellville, leads<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong>s offensively. She has<br />
a .335 attack percentage and<br />
averages 0.93 blocks a game. She<br />
is the top scorer on the squad<br />
with 229.5 points.<br />
Sha Tramble, 5-8 junior<br />
outside hitter from Houston (Clear<br />
Brook), leads in kills with a 2.56<br />
average.<br />
Softball to Host Scrimmages Saturday<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
softball team will host a four-game<br />
scrimmage Saturday at Hubert<br />
Field and will play in three of the<br />
contests.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s will meet Alvin<br />
College at 9 and 11 a.m., and will<br />
Kirby Krueger, 5-7 senior<br />
setter from New Braunfels<br />
(Canyon), averages 5.69 sets a<br />
game and Tara Grier, 5-8 senior<br />
defensive specialist from Poth,<br />
averages 4.96.<br />
Virginia Hernandez, 5-6 junior<br />
libero from Katy, is the dig leader<br />
with 4.24 a game.<br />
Brittany McDonald, 5-9<br />
sophomore middle blocker from<br />
Carrollton (Creekview), is the<br />
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take on San Antonio Law at 3 p.m.<br />
In the fourth scrimmage,<br />
Alvin and San Antonio Law will<br />
meet at 1 p.m.<br />
The scrimmages are part of<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong>s’ fall workout<br />
session.<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
football team will be on the road<br />
for the second consecutive<br />
weekend as it faces off with the<br />
Midwestern State Mustangs<br />
Saturday night in Wichita Falls.<br />
Game time will be 8 p.m. in<br />
Memorial Stadium.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s will put their 7-<br />
0 season’s record and 5-0 Lone<br />
Star Conference mark on the line<br />
against the Mustangs, who are 5-2<br />
overall and 3-2 in the league<br />
standings.<br />
This will be the 11 th matchup<br />
between the <strong>Javelina</strong>s and<br />
Mustangs and the series is tied 5-<br />
5.<br />
Midwestern has won four in a<br />
row in the series, including a 73-6<br />
.<br />
decision two years ago in Wichita<br />
Falls.<br />
The last <strong>Javelina</strong> victory came<br />
(Continued on Page 5)<br />
LSC Football Standings<br />
(Conference Games Only)<br />
Team W L Pct.<br />
A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> 5 0 1.000<br />
Abilene Christian 5 0 1.000<br />
Tarleton State 4 1 .800<br />
Angelo State 4 1 .800<br />
Midwestern State 3 2 .600<br />
SE Oklahoma 3 2 .600<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M 2 3 .400<br />
E. New Mexico 2 4 .333<br />
NE Oklahoma 2 4 .333<br />
A&M-Commerce 2 4 .333<br />
Central Oklahoma 1 4 .200<br />
East Central 0 5 .000<br />
SW Oklahoma 0 6 .000<br />
Digging Pink<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> volleyball team took part in a nationwide “Dig<br />
Pink” program last week. The <strong>Javelina</strong> athletic department<br />
sponsored several events to promote breast cancer awareness.<br />
“Dig Pink” at the <strong>Javelina</strong> match was sponsored by<br />
Christus Spohn Hospital Kleberg.
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By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
ontinued from Page 3<br />
BIG WEEKEND FOR <strong>Javelina</strong> athletics.<br />
The football team continued its undefeated season with a one-point squeaker over<br />
long-time rival <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce.<br />
The volleyball team upset Midwestern State, 3-1, in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, handing the<br />
Mustangs their first Lone Star Conference loss. The <strong>Javelina</strong>s had beaten Cameron in<br />
a conference match Thursday night before 850 fans in the Steinke Center..<br />
And <strong>Javelina</strong> cross country runner Kiya Dandena won the Incarnate Word<br />
invitational individual championship, beating 73 runners from Division I and Division<br />
II schools.<br />
All is in order in the collegiate sports world.<br />
WHY WOULD ANYONE expect anything but a wild game when the <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
and Lion football teams got together last weekend.<br />
It’s been that way since the first game of the series was played in 1930.<br />
Some of the biggest <strong>Javelina</strong> games, and most disappointing contests, have come<br />
against the Lions.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s have had an edge on the Lions in the series since the early 1990s.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s have won 14 of the last 17 matchups and last weekend’s <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
victory came before the Lions’ homecoming crowd.<br />
It’s difficult not to wonder what lies in store in the 2010 game that will be played<br />
in <strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium.<br />
THE CHENNAULT CUP is back in circulation.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s brought the trophy home on the bus after the victory over <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M-Commerce Saturday afternoon.<br />
The Cup was initiated in 1990 and originally went to the winner of the Lions<br />
game with Livingston (Ala.). But that pairing lasted only two years.<br />
In 1992 the sponsoring Commerce Lions Club International decided to award it<br />
annually to the winner of the <strong>Javelina</strong>-Lion contest.<br />
The trophy has begun to grow tusks, finding a home in the TAMUK trophy case.<br />
It has been in <strong>Kingsville</strong> for 14 of the 17 years it has been awarded in the series.<br />
The teams didn’t meet in 2005.<br />
It is named for Lt. Gen. Claire Chennault of Flying Tigers fame.<br />
Chennault was a native of Commerce and the trophy was initiated on what would<br />
have been his 100 th birthday.<br />
Chennault Cup Games<br />
1992 – <strong>Javelina</strong>s 17, Lions 10 2001 - Lions 30, <strong>Javelina</strong>s 24<br />
1993 – <strong>Javelina</strong>s 28, Lions 3 2002 - <strong>Javelina</strong>s 37, Lions 15<br />
1994 – <strong>Javelina</strong>s 31, Lions 0 2003 - <strong>Javelina</strong>s 31, Lions 7<br />
1995 – <strong>Javelina</strong>s 37, Lions 18 2004 - <strong>Javelina</strong>s 31, Lions 13<br />
1996 – <strong>Javelina</strong>s 35, Lions 28 2005 - No game<br />
1997 – <strong>Javelina</strong>s 34, Lions 6 2006 - <strong>Javelina</strong>s 20, Lions 17<br />
1998 – <strong>Javelina</strong>s 42, Lions 18 2007 - Lions 24, <strong>Javelina</strong>s 7<br />
1999 – Lions 14, <strong>Javelina</strong>s 10 2008 - <strong>Javelina</strong>s 35, Lions 0<br />
2000 – <strong>Javelina</strong>s 7, Lions 0 2009 - <strong>Javelina</strong>s 35, Lions 34<br />
NOT ONLY DID <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce celebrate homecoming last weekend<br />
but it also inducted six individuals and a team into its athletic Hall of Fame.<br />
One of the inductees was Tem Miller of <strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
Miller was a member of the 1965 Lion golf team that won the NAIA national<br />
championship.<br />
The 1965 squad was inducted last weekend.<br />
(Continued on Page 3)<br />
Baseball Volunteers<br />
Members of the <strong>Javelina</strong> baseball team volunteered at the Driscoll Fall<br />
Festival recently. Left to right are, front row, Steven Charles, Ben<br />
Villafuerte, Cash Barker and Ryan Velasquez, and second row, A.J.<br />
Hecker, Luis Diaz, Clifton Thomas, Dan Rogers, Adrian Williams, Jared<br />
Moore, Trey Mattox and Colby Schindler.<br />
Volleyball in Oklahoma for Matches<br />
(Continued from Page 1)<br />
attack leader for Southeastern with a .344<br />
percentage.<br />
Lunden Asuara, 5-10 sophomore<br />
outside hitter from Frisco (Centennial),<br />
averages 2.92 kills a game and is the scoring<br />
leader with 341.5 points.<br />
Alex Cassell, 5-10 freshman setter from<br />
Friendswood (Clear Brook), averages 10.03<br />
sets a game and Raelynn Beaty, 5-2 junior<br />
libero from Wimberly, averages 3.49 digs a<br />
game.<br />
East Central is led offensively by Emily<br />
Holombek, 6-0 senior middle blocker from<br />
Red Oak who has a .306 attack percentage.<br />
Jacqueline Sparks, 5-11 senior outside<br />
hitter from Baytown (Barbers Hill), averages<br />
2.99 kills a game.<br />
Holly Hicks, 5-10 senior setter from<br />
Round Rock, averages 5.44 sets a game and<br />
Megan Kimak, 5-6 sophomore libero from<br />
Enid, Okla., has 4.70 digs an outing.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s continue their road<br />
games Tuesday night when they step out<br />
of the LSC to meet <strong>Texas</strong> A&M<br />
International in Laredo.<br />
The Roadrunners are 2-20 and have<br />
two matches before hosting the <strong>Javelina</strong>s.<br />
Brittany Rendon, 6-0 junior middle<br />
blocker from San Antonio (Marshall), has a<br />
.207 attack percentage.<br />
Isela Flores, 5-8 sophomore outside<br />
hitter from Mission (Veterans), averages<br />
2.67 kills a game.<br />
Nancy Rodriguez, 5-4 junior setter from<br />
Bakersfield, Calif., averages 7.8 sets a game<br />
and Alexandria Montemayor, 5-8 junior<br />
outside hitter from Watauga (Fossil Ridge),<br />
has a 2.92 average in digs.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s return home Oct. 22 to<br />
face Tarleton State in an LSC matchup.<br />
LSC Volleyball Standings<br />
(Conference Matches Only)<br />
Team W L Pct.<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M 6 0 1.000<br />
Midwestern State 4 1 .800<br />
Abilene Christian 4 1 .800<br />
Southeastern Oklahoma 3 2 .600<br />
East Central 3 2 .600<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce 3 3 .500<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s 3 3 .500<br />
Central Oklahoma 3 3 .500<br />
Tarleton State 3 3 .500<br />
Angelo State 2 3 .400<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> 2 4 .333<br />
Southwestern Oklahoma 2 4 .333<br />
Cameron 1 4 .200<br />
Eastern New Mexico 0 6 .000
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By Fred<br />
By Fred<br />
Nuesch,<br />
Nuesch,<br />
Coordinator<br />
Coordinator<br />
of Athletic<br />
of Athletic<br />
External<br />
External<br />
By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
(Continued By Fred from Nuesch, Page 2) Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
JAVELINA FANS HAVE been doing a great job voting for head football coach<br />
Bo Atterberry as coach of the year in the Liberty Mutual poll.<br />
They’ve had the <strong>Javelina</strong> coach in the lead most of the time since the voting<br />
opened a month ago.<br />
The voting continues until December.<br />
Now <strong>Javelina</strong>s are being asked to vote for former football players in another<br />
balloting.<br />
The University Interscholastic League is celebrating its centennial and the state<br />
organization is selecting the top <strong>Texas</strong> athletes who have played football, volleyball,<br />
boys and girls basketball, baseball and track and field during the past 100 years.<br />
Currently, the top athletes are being selected in football and there are four<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s on the ballot.<br />
These are running back Johnny Bailey (Houston Yates), defensive back Darrell<br />
Green (Houston Jones), defensive lineman John Randle (Hearne) and offensive<br />
lineman Gene Upshaw (Robstown).<br />
Go to www.uil100.org/vote.php and click on the “vote now for the football allcentury<br />
team” line.<br />
The deadline for voting is Nov. 7.<br />
Selection of the top basketball, baseball and track and field athletes will come<br />
later in the school year.<br />
RIGO MORALES, WHO played for the <strong>Javelina</strong> football team in 2004-06, is<br />
with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.<br />
The league is in its inaugural season and has teams in California, New York and<br />
Florida as well as Nevada.<br />
Morales’ coach is Jim Fassel, who was the NFL coach of the year in 2000 after<br />
leading the New York Giants to the Super Bowl.<br />
Morales is from Brownsville and played at Pace High School.<br />
A MEMORIAL SERVICE was held for former <strong>Javelina</strong> quarterback Randy<br />
Johnson last weekend in San Antonio.<br />
Johnson, a first-round draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons, died three weeks ago in<br />
Brevard, N.C.<br />
Among those in attendance was Mary Steinke, wife of former <strong>Javelina</strong> football<br />
coach Gil Steinke.<br />
Johnson played his four years at <strong>Texas</strong> A&I under Steinke.<br />
MIKE ADAMS, THE former <strong>Javelina</strong> pitcher with the San Diego Padres, had<br />
an outstanding season in the majors.<br />
The Sinton native appeared in 37 games and pitched 37 innings. He had a 0.73<br />
earned run average.<br />
He walked eight and struck out 45.<br />
Another former <strong>Javelina</strong>, Andrew Sweet, closed the season with the Southern<br />
Illinois Miners with a .247 batting average. He had 10 doubles and two homeruns.<br />
Sweet, a catcher, had a .306 slugging percentage and a .398 batting average<br />
with runners on base.<br />
THE NCAA FINALLY released its first regional football poll last week, midway<br />
through the season.<br />
And even after taking six weeks to get the first regional tabulation put together,<br />
there were questionable aspects of the listing.<br />
In the Super Regional Four poll, the <strong>Javelina</strong>s were ranked No. 6 despite being<br />
No. 7 in one of the national polls and No. 9 in the other. (Continued on Page 4)<br />
University Women’s Fall Reception<br />
The University Women’s Club held its fall reception last week in the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Engineering Complex. Left to right are Ken Oliver, <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
director of athletics; Dr. Barry Dunn, executive director of the King Ranch<br />
Institute for Ranch Management; Dr. Steven Tallant, TAMUK president,<br />
and Norma Olivares, a member of the host University Women’s Club.<br />
Upcoming <strong>Javelina</strong> Events<br />
Oct. 15 – Volleyball: *Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant, Okla., 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 17 – Softball: Alvin College scrimmage in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 9 a.m.<br />
Alvin College scrimmage in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 11 a.m.<br />
Alvin College vs. San Antonio Law in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 1 p.m.<br />
San Antonio Law in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 3 p.m.<br />
Volleyball: *East Central in Ada, Okla., 2 p.m.<br />
Football: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 8 p.m.<br />
Oct. 20 – Volleyball: <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in Laredo, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 22 – Volleyball: *Tarleton State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 24 – Football: *Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m. (Homecoming, Alumni Golf<br />
Tournament)<br />
Cross country: Lone Star Conference Championships in Canyon.<br />
Oct. 29 – Volleyball: *Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Women’s Basketball: <strong>Texas</strong>-Pan American in Edinburg, 7 p.m. (exhibition)<br />
Oct. 31 – Volleyball: *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Football: *Abilene Christian in Abilene, 2 p.m.<br />
Nov. 5 – Volleyball: *Abilene Christian in Abilene, 7 p.m.<br />
Women’s Basketball: Prairie View A&M in Prairie View, 7 p.m. (exhibition)<br />
Nov. 7 – Football: *Angelo State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m. (Community Appreciation Day,<br />
Women’s Walk)<br />
Volleyball: *Angelo State in San Angelo, 2 p.m.<br />
Cross Country: NCAA Division II South Central Region Meet in Abilene<br />
Nov. 8 - Women’s Basketball: Houston Baptist in Houston, 2 p.m. (scrimmage)<br />
Nov. 14 – Football: NCAA Division II first round playoffs, TBA<br />
Nov. 15 – Women’s Basketball: +East Central in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 1 p.m.<br />
Nov. 18 – Men’s Basketball: <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in Laredo, 8 p.m.<br />
Nov. 20 – Women’s Basketball: Central Missouri Tournament in Warrensburg, Mo.<br />
vs. Central Missouri, TBA<br />
Nov. 21 – Football: NCAA Division II second round playoffs, TBA<br />
Cross Country: NCAA Division II Championships in Evansville, Ind.<br />
Women’s Basketball: Central Missouri Tournament in Warrensburg, Mo.<br />
vs. Nebraska-Omaha, TBA<br />
Bold faced dates are in <strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
*Lone Star Conference South Division matches/games<br />
+Lone Star Conference matches/games.
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Northwest Missouri, Missouri Western and Washburn (Kan.) were all ranked<br />
above the <strong>Javelina</strong>s and each had a loss.<br />
But if you think the Regional Four poll is strange, in Super Regional Three, Grand<br />
Valley (Mich.) State, No. 1 in everyone’s national poll, was only second in the region.<br />
Minnesota State-Mankato was ranked No. 1 in Region Three.<br />
LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes:<br />
…..Kelvin Thompson, West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M running back, has been suspended from<br />
the team for the remainder of the season for violating departmental and university<br />
policy.<br />
A WT spokesperson said Thompson’s status for next season will be evaluated in<br />
the spring.<br />
He was averaging more than 100 yards a game prior to his suspension last week.<br />
In an earlier game with the <strong>Javelina</strong>s, Thompson rushed for 70 yards and scored<br />
the Buffs’ first touchdown. He caught three passes for 13 yards.<br />
…..Darren Schneider was named the men’s track and field coach at <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce last week.<br />
Schneider has spent the past 10 years as head men’s track and field coach at<br />
Wisconsin-Whitewater.<br />
He was at Wisconsin-Platteville from 1996-99 and before that was on the staffs<br />
at Truman (Mo.) State and Oklahoma State.<br />
NCAA DIVISION II notes:<br />
…..The Great Lakes Valley Conference has imposed a postseason ban on the<br />
Southern Indiana men’s basketball program for 2009-10.<br />
The ban includes the GLVC and NCAA Division II postseason tournaments.<br />
The ban comes after the school self-reported violations that include academic<br />
indiscretions and providing and paying for transportation for student-athletes.<br />
The violations came under a coach who has resigned.<br />
All victories from the 2008-09 season will be “vacated” and funds received from<br />
the NCAA from the institution’s participation in the 2009 Division II regional playoffs<br />
will be returned.<br />
The NCAA still hasn’t ruled on the violations.<br />
Southern Indiana was 27-7 last year and reached the regional playoffs for the<br />
sixth time in eight years.<br />
…..The Nebraska-Kearney women’s soccer team set a Division II attendance<br />
record when 3,227 watched a recent match in Kearney.<br />
This is the first season for soccer at the school.<br />
The previous mark had been 2,004, set by Central Oklahoma and Dallas Baptist in<br />
2007.<br />
The coach at Nebraska-Kearney is Mike Munch, who was coach at <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce when it started its program.<br />
The Antelopes drew crowds of 200-300 for its preseason scrimmages.<br />
…..Maryville (Mo.) will reinstate men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track<br />
and field beginning in 2010-11.<br />
Maryville, which is in the process of reclassifying its program from Division III<br />
to Division II, will be a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference when it<br />
becomes eligible for DII competition.<br />
Track and field was established as a varsity program in 2005-06 but was<br />
suspended in the spring of 2008 due to low participation.<br />
Pregame Talk<br />
Renee Hietbrink, <strong>Javelina</strong> women’s softball assistant coach, addresses the<br />
team prior to a scrimmage this fall. The <strong>Javelina</strong>s will play three scrimmage<br />
games Saturday at Hubert Field.<br />
NCAA Division II Football Poll (Oct. 5)<br />
Compiled by the American Football Coaches Association<br />
Rank School (1 st place votes) Points<br />
1. Grand Valley (Mich.) (24) 624<br />
2. Abilene Christian 593<br />
3. North Alabama (1) 577<br />
4. Central Washington 532<br />
5. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 519<br />
6. Northwest Missouri 501<br />
7. Minnesota State-Mankato 469<br />
8. Minnesota-Duluth 453<br />
9. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> 438<br />
10. Albany (Ga.) State 391<br />
11. Charleston (W. Va.) 368<br />
12. Washburn (Kan.) 325<br />
13. Edinboro (Pa.) 270<br />
14. Wayne (Neb.) State 266<br />
15. Tarleton State 254<br />
16. Central Missouri 246<br />
Missouri Western 246<br />
18. Midwestern State 198<br />
19. Wayne (Mich.) State 192<br />
20. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 122<br />
21. Nebraska-Kearney 108<br />
22. Delta (Miss.) State 71<br />
23. Angelo State 68<br />
24. Tuskegee (Ala.) 65<br />
25. North Carolina-Pembroke 56<br />
(Bold-faced and italicized teams are in the Lone Star Conference)<br />
2009 <strong>Javelina</strong> Remaining Football Schedule<br />
Oct. 17 – *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 8 p.m.<br />
Oct. 24 – *Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
(Homecoming, Alumni Golf Tournament)<br />
Oct. 31 – *Abilene Christian in Abilene, 2 p.m.<br />
Nov. 7 – *Angelo State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
(Communiy Appreciation Day, Women’s Walk)<br />
Nov. 14 - NCAA Division II first round playoff, TBA<br />
Nov. 21 - NCAA Division II second round playoff, TBA<br />
Nov. 28 - NCAA Division II Southwest Region championship game, TBA<br />
*Lone Star Conference games
2009 <strong>Javelina</strong> Remaining Volleyball Schedule<br />
Oct. 15 - *Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant, Okla., 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 17 - *East Central in Ada, Okla., 2 p.m.<br />
Oct. 20 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in Laredo, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 22 - *Tarleton State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 29 - *Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 31 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Nov. 5 - *Abilene Christian in Abilene, 7 p.m.<br />
Nov. 7 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 2 p.m.<br />
Nov. 12-14 – Lone Star Conference Championships, TBA<br />
*Lone Star Conference matches.<br />
Big Game<br />
Dondi Cooks<br />
(54), 6-2,<br />
288-pound<br />
junior defensive<br />
lineman<br />
from Mesquite<br />
(North<br />
Mesquite),<br />
had a big<br />
game against<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce<br />
last weekend,<br />
forcing two<br />
fumbles that<br />
helped set up<br />
the final two<br />
touchdowns<br />
for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s.<br />
Rank Team<br />
NCAA Division II Football Poll (Oct. 6)<br />
Compiled by D2Football.com<br />
Rank Team<br />
1. Grand Valley (Mich.)<br />
18. Central Missouri<br />
2. Abilene Christian<br />
19. Edinboro (Pa.)<br />
3. North Alabama<br />
20. Midwestern State<br />
4. Central Washington<br />
21. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)<br />
5. Bloomsburg (Pa.)<br />
22. Wayne (Mich.) State<br />
6. Northwest Missouri<br />
23. Carson-Newman (Tenn.)<br />
7. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
24. Saginaw Valley (Mich.)<br />
8. Minnesota State-Mankato 25. Tuskegee (Ala.)<br />
9. Minnesota-Duluth<br />
(Bold-faced and italicized teams are in<br />
10. Albany (Ga.) State<br />
the Lone Star Conference)<br />
11. Wayne (Neb.) State<br />
12. Charleston (W. Va.)<br />
13. Nebraska-Kearney<br />
14. Missouri Western<br />
15. Washburn (Kan.)<br />
16. Tarleton State<br />
17. Delta (Miss.) State<br />
Football Takes Unbeaten<br />
Record to Wichita Falls<br />
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in 2004 by a 27-3 score in <strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
Both teams have been nationally<br />
ranked this season. In last week’s poll, the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s were No. 9 and Midwestern State<br />
was No. 18.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s are putting up impressive<br />
statistical figures, averaging 452.1 total<br />
yards a game. They have 182.9 rushing and<br />
269.3 passing.<br />
Defensively, the Javs have allowed<br />
285.4 total yards an outing, 91.9 rushing<br />
and 193.6 passing.<br />
Fred Winborn, 6-0, 200-pound junior<br />
running back from North Hollywood, Calif.,<br />
leads the <strong>Javelina</strong> rushing game with 66.7<br />
yards a game and 6.4 yards a carry. He has<br />
seven touchdowns.<br />
Connell Davis, 6-3, 201-pound junior<br />
running back from Portland (Gregory-<br />
Portland, averages 58.3 yards a game and<br />
6.7 yards a carry. He has six scores.<br />
Quarterback Billy Garza, 6-1, 235-pound<br />
Impressive Figures<br />
Billy Garza, senior quarterback<br />
from Brownsville (Porter), continues<br />
to put up impressive statistics<br />
for the undefeated <strong>Javelina</strong>s.<br />
senior from Brownsville (Porter), has<br />
completed 139 of 223 (.623) passes for 253.3<br />
yards a game. He has thrown 13<br />
touchdowns and has had eight intercepted.<br />
Garza averages 274.6 total yards a<br />
game.<br />
Ryan Lincoln, 6-0, 190-pound junior<br />
wideout from Bastrop, has 36 catches for<br />
515 yards and a touchdown.<br />
Seven of the <strong>Javelina</strong> receivers have<br />
double-figure receptions.<br />
Delra Glover, 6-1, 205-pound junior<br />
from Hempstead, leads the <strong>Javelina</strong>s tackle<br />
chart with 44. He has 1.5 for losses.<br />
Matt Romig, 6-4, 225-pound freshman<br />
defensive end from Bells, has 7.5 tackles for<br />
losses and has 4.0 sacks, leading the team<br />
in both categories.<br />
Midwestern is averaging 406.0 total<br />
yards a game, 131.6 rushing and 274.4<br />
passing. The defense is giving up 297.6<br />
total yards a game, 114.9 rushing and 182.7<br />
passing.<br />
Zack Eskridge, 6-4, 215-pound junior<br />
quarterback from Rowlett (Rockwall), has<br />
completed 134 of 191 passes for a .702<br />
percentage. He averages 262.3 yards a<br />
game and has thrown for 21 touchdowns.<br />
He has had four interceptions.<br />
Marcus Mathis, 5-7, 215-pound junior<br />
running back from Rockwall, averages 68.6<br />
yards a game and 5.6 yards a carry. He has<br />
two touchdowns.<br />
Andy Tanner, 5-11, 185-pound senior<br />
wideout from Rockwall, has 47 receptions<br />
for 695 yards and nine touchdowns.<br />
Emmanuel Bagley, 6-1, 221-pound<br />
senior linebacker from Dallas (Kimball),<br />
leads the Mustangs in tackles with 47. He<br />
has 3.0 for losses.<br />
After this weekend’s return trip to<br />
North <strong>Texas</strong>, the <strong>Javelina</strong>s will be home for<br />
two of their final three regular-season<br />
games. The squad hosts Eastern New<br />
Mexico Oct. 24 for homecoming.<br />
2009 <strong>Javelina</strong> Remaining<br />
Cross Country Schedule<br />
Oct. 24 – Lone Star Conference<br />
Championships in Canyon.<br />
Nov. 7 – NCAA Division II South<br />
Central Region Championships in<br />
Abilene.<br />
Nov. 21 – NCAA Division II<br />
Championships in Evansville, Ind.
NCAA Division II Volleyball Poll<br />
Compiled by the American Volleyball Coaches Association<br />
Rank Team Points<br />
1. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) 800<br />
2. Cal State-San Bernardino 768<br />
3. California-San Diego 721<br />
4. Central Missouri 692<br />
5. Nebraska-Kearney 638<br />
6. West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M 615<br />
7. Washburn (Kan.) 594<br />
8. Emporia (Kan.) State 579<br />
9. Tampa (Fla.) 564<br />
10. Minnesota-Duluth 506<br />
11. Minnesota State-Mankato 485<br />
12. Indianapolis (Ind.) 458<br />
13. Lewis (Ill.) 409<br />
14. Southwest Minnesota 369<br />
15. Nebraska-Omaha 357<br />
16. Saint Leo (Fla.) 294<br />
17. Sonoma (Calif.) State 268<br />
18. Metro (Colo.) State 236<br />
19. Wayne (Neb.) State 179<br />
20. Hawaii-Hilo 163<br />
21. Truman (Mo.) State 147<br />
22. Eckerd (Fla.) 115<br />
23. Florida Southern 92<br />
24. West Florida 80<br />
25. California State-Chico 61<br />
Slapping One<br />
Back<br />
Kristin Chancellor,<br />
senior middle<br />
blocker from<br />
Bellville, had two<br />
big matches for<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
volleyball team in<br />
victories over<br />
Cameron and<br />
Midwestern State<br />
last week in<br />
Lone Star Conference<br />
action.<br />
Changes Made in 2010<br />
Track & Field Schedules<br />
Several changes have been made in the<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> indoor and outdoor<br />
track and field schedules, according to head<br />
coach Ryan Dall.<br />
The team will enter the Lafayette/Rider<br />
Winter Games Feb. 12 in New York City<br />
instead of attending a meet in Seattle,<br />
Wash. The meet is indoors.<br />
Outdoors, the changes will have the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s competing in the Tarleton State<br />
invitational March 11 in Stephenville, the<br />
Incarnate Word twilight meet May 1 in San<br />
Antonio and the Incarnate Word last<br />
chance meet May 13 in San Antonio.<br />
The latter meet is the last date for<br />
athletes to qualify for the NCAA Division II<br />
national championships in Charlotte, N.C.<br />
2010 <strong>Javelina</strong> Track & Field Schedule<br />
Indoor<br />
Jan. 29-30 – Houston indoor invitational<br />
and multi-event meet in Houston.<br />
Feb. 6 – Houston all-comers meet in<br />
Houston.<br />
Feb. 12 – Lafayette/Rider Winter Games<br />
in New York, N.Y.<br />
March 12-13 – NCAA Division II<br />
national championships in Albuquerque, N.M.<br />
Outdoor<br />
March 6 – Border Olympics in Laredo.<br />
March 11 – Tarleton invitational meet<br />
in Stephenville<br />
March 20 – Cactus Cup Meet in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
March 26-27 – <strong>Texas</strong>-San Antonio<br />
Relays in San Antonio.<br />
April 1-3 – <strong>Texas</strong> Relays in Austin.<br />
April 8-9 – Angelo State multi-event<br />
meet in San Angelo.<br />
April 10 – Angelo State Relays in San<br />
Angelo.<br />
April 17 – <strong>Texas</strong> twilight meet in Austin.<br />
April 23-24 – Penn Relays in<br />
Philadelphia, Pa.<br />
April 29 – Rice twilight meet in Houston.<br />
May 1 – Incarnate Word twilight meet<br />
in San Antonio.<br />
May 7-9 – Lone Star Conference<br />
Championships in San Angelo.<br />
May 13 – Incarnate Word last chance<br />
meet in San Antonio.<br />
May 27-29 – NCAA Division II national<br />
championships in Charlotte, N.C.<br />
Celebration<br />
Adina Gray, senior outside hitter from Corpus Christi (Flour Bluff), celebrates<br />
with teammates after a <strong>Javelina</strong> victory.
NCAA Division II<br />
Cross Country Poll<br />
Compiled by the U.S. Track & Field/<br />
Cross Country Coaches Association<br />
Men’s Division<br />
Rank Team<br />
1. Adams (Colo.) State<br />
2. Western (Colo.) State<br />
3. California State-Chico<br />
4. Grand Valley (Mich.)<br />
5. Queens (N.C.)<br />
6. Abilene Christian<br />
7. Colorado School of Mines<br />
8. Western Washington<br />
9. Stonehill (Mass.)<br />
10. Southern Indiana<br />
11. Edinboro (Pa.)<br />
12. Massachusetts-Lowell<br />
13. Central Missouri<br />
14. Southwest Baptist (Mo.)<br />
15. Alaska-Anchorage<br />
16. Shippensburg (Pa.)<br />
17. Lock Haven (Pa.)<br />
18. California Poly-Pomona<br />
19. Missouri Southern<br />
20. Drury (Mo.)<br />
21. Augustana (S.D.)<br />
22. Tarleton State<br />
23. Pittsburg (Kan.) State<br />
24. Harding (Ark.)<br />
25. Nebraska-Kearney<br />
Women’s Division<br />
Rank Team<br />
1. California State-Chico<br />
2. Grand Valley (Mich.)<br />
3. Missouri Southern<br />
4. Adams (Colo.) State<br />
5. Alaska-Anchorage<br />
6. Shippensburg (Pa.)<br />
7. Western Washington<br />
8. Tampa (Fla.)<br />
9. Augustana (S.D.)<br />
10. Mesa (Colo.) State<br />
11. Minnesota-Duluth<br />
12. Seattle Pacific (Wash.)<br />
13. Southern Indiana<br />
14. Western (Colo.) State<br />
15. Dallas Baptist<br />
16. Hillsdale (Mich.)<br />
17. Pittsburg (Kan.) State<br />
18. Slippery Rock (Pa.)<br />
19. Kutztown (Pa.)<br />
20. California State-Los Angeles<br />
21. Ferris (Mich.) State<br />
22. Stonehill (Mass.)<br />
23. Harding (Ark.)<br />
24. Findlay (Ohio)<br />
25. Bloomsburg (Pa.)<br />
(Bold-faced and italicized teams are in<br />
the Lone Star Conference)<br />
First Place Finisher<br />
Kiya Dandena, sophomore from<br />
Houston (Bellaire), won the individual<br />
gold medal in the Incarnate<br />
Word invitational cross country<br />
meet last weekend in San Antonio.<br />
Dandena defeated NCAA Division I<br />
and II competitors in the race,<br />
running a 26:32.0 time over the 8K<br />
course.<br />
Cross Country Teams<br />
Idle Prior to Lone Star<br />
Conference Meet Oct. 24<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> men’s and<br />
women’s cross country teams will be idle<br />
this weekend as they await the Lone Star<br />
Conference Championships Oct. 24 in<br />
Canyon.<br />
The league meet will be held at the<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M Esquestrian Center.<br />
The women’s 6K race is set for 9:30<br />
a.m. and the men’s 8K will start at 10:15 a.m.<br />
The Abilene Christian men and<br />
Midwestern State women are the defending<br />
champions, having taken the titles last fall<br />
on the L.E. Ramey Golf Course in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
Kiya Dandena, sophomore from<br />
Houston (Bellaire), won the individual<br />
championship at the Incarnate Word<br />
invitational meet last weekend in San<br />
Antonio.<br />
He covered the 8K course in a time of<br />
26:32.0. .<br />
Dandena has been one of the top<br />
finishers in each of the <strong>Javelina</strong> meets this<br />
fall.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> men were third in the 10team<br />
field and finished in front of two<br />
NCAA Division I schools: <strong>Texas</strong> State and<br />
Prairie View.<br />
Incarnate Word took the men’s title and<br />
Southwestern was second.<br />
Daniel Castro, senior from Pasadena<br />
(Dobie), was sixth in the race, that had 74<br />
runners, with a 27:42.2.<br />
NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Poll<br />
Compiled by the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association<br />
Men’s Division<br />
Women’s Division<br />
Rank Team<br />
Rank Team<br />
1. Abilene Christian<br />
1. Missouri Southern<br />
2. Central Missouri<br />
2. Dallas Baptist<br />
3. Southwest Baptist (Mo.)<br />
3. Pittsburg (Kan.) State<br />
4. Missouri Southern<br />
4. Truman (Mo.) State<br />
5. Tarleton State<br />
5. Fort Hays (Kan.) State<br />
6. Pittsburg (Kan.) State<br />
6. Northwest Missouri<br />
7. Eastern New Mexico<br />
7. Central Missouri<br />
8. Truman (Mo.) State<br />
8. Midwestern State<br />
9. Emporia (Kan.) State<br />
9. Emporia (Kan.) State<br />
10. Northwest Missouri<br />
10. Angelo State<br />
(Bold-faced and italicized teams are in the Lone Star Conference)<br />
Margarito Corona, senior from Premont,<br />
was 19 th in 29:25.3; Esteban Lopez, freshman<br />
from Rio Grande City, finished 14 th in<br />
29:33.8, and Mario Maldonado, sophomore<br />
from Lytle, was 26 th in 29:36.7.<br />
Erica Alvarado, senior from Falfurrias,<br />
was seventh in the women’s individual<br />
standings, and second behind the Division<br />
I <strong>Texas</strong> Longhorn runners. She ran a 20:40.3<br />
over the 5K course.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> women were fifth in the<br />
10-team field. The University of <strong>Texas</strong> was<br />
first in the team standings, Incarnate Word<br />
was second, <strong>Texas</strong> State third and <strong>Texas</strong>-<br />
Permian Basin fourth.<br />
Jessica Martinez, sophomore from<br />
Zapata, finished 15 th in 21:44.7; Xochitl<br />
Gomez, senior from Laredo (United South),<br />
was 23 rd in 22:30.5; Grecia Volantin was 56 th<br />
in 26:19.3, and Yvette Guerra, senior from<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (King), was 60 th in 26:58.0.<br />
There were 69 runners in the women’s<br />
division.<br />
Seventh Place<br />
Erica Alvarado, senior from<br />
Falfurrias, was seventh in the<br />
Incarnate Word invitational cross<br />
country meet last weekend in San<br />
Antonio.
Women’s Basketball Opens Preseason Workouts Thursday<br />
Eight letterwinners will be among the<br />
14 players expected to report when the<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> women’s basketball<br />
team opens its preseason workouts<br />
Thursday in the Steinke Physical Education<br />
Center.<br />
Scott Hyland begins his third season<br />
as head coach of the squad, which had a<br />
15-11 record last winter.<br />
Four of the letterwinners have three<br />
letters: Dyana Bulllinger, 5-10 guard from<br />
Spring (Klein); Kayla Naylor, 5-5 senior<br />
from Corpus Christi (Calallen); Felicia Soza,<br />
5-8 guard from Beeville, and Reagan Sutton,<br />
5-11 center from Phoenix, Ariz.<br />
The other letterwinners are Kelly<br />
Bastow, 5-7 sophomore guard from<br />
Bunbury, Australia; Angela Franklin, 5-10<br />
senior forward from Vacaville, Calif.; Ursula<br />
Hill, 5-6 senior guard from Houston<br />
(Cypress-Fairbanks), and Nikki Thering, 5-7<br />
sophomore guard from Spring (Oak Ridge).<br />
Rochelle Ikeni, 5-10 junior center from<br />
Fresno, Calif., is a transfer with collegiate<br />
experience. She attended Southeastern<br />
Missouri State.<br />
The remaining five members of the<br />
squad are freshmen: Meagan Barlow, 5-7<br />
guard from D’Hanis; Victoria Gonzalez, 5-11<br />
center from Hidalgo; Carolyn Mercier, 5-5<br />
forward from Sinton; Novella Thomas, 5-10<br />
forward from Corpus Christi (West Oso),<br />
and Desiree Williams, 5-10 center from<br />
Corpus Christi (Ray).<br />
The freshman class includes several of<br />
the top players in South <strong>Texas</strong> last season.<br />
Missing from the lineup is LaKeisha<br />
Jones, center who averaged 15.4 points and<br />
7.1 rebounds last year.<br />
Franklin was the second leading scorer<br />
with an 11.1 average and Bullinger was the<br />
second leading rebounder with a 5.1<br />
average.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s have two exhibition<br />
games and a scrimmage before opening<br />
their season.<br />
The team takes on <strong>Texas</strong>-Pan American<br />
Oct. 29 in Edinburg and Prairie View A&M<br />
Nov. 5 in Prairie View in exhibition games<br />
and will meet Houston Baptist Nov. 8 in<br />
2009-10 <strong>Javelina</strong> Women’s Basketball Roster<br />
Name P Ht. Class Exp. Hometown/School<br />
Meagan Barlow G 5-7 Fr. 0 D’Hanis<br />
Kelly Bastow G 5-7 So. 1VL Bunbury, Australia<br />
Dyana Bullinger G 5-10 Sr. 3VL Spring (Klein)<br />
Angela Franklin F 5-10 Sr. 1VL Vacaville, Calif.<br />
Victoria Gonzalez C 5-11 Fr. 0 Hidalgo<br />
Ursula Hill G 5-6 Sr. 1VL Houston (Cypress-Fairbanks)<br />
Rochelle Ikeni C 5-10 Jr. Tr. Fresno, Calif./SE Missouri<br />
Carolyn Mercier F 5-5 Fr. 0 Sinton<br />
Kayla Naylor G 5-5 Sr. 3VL Corpus Christi (Calallen)<br />
Felicia Soza G 5-8 Sr. 3VL Beeville (Jones)<br />
Reagan Sutton C 5-11 Sr. 3VL Phoenix, Ariz.<br />
Nikki Thering G 5-7 So. 1VL Spring (Oak Ridge)<br />
Novella Thomas F 5-10 Fr. 0 Corpus Christi (West Oso)<br />
Desiree Williams C 5-10 Fr. 0 Corpus Christi (Ray)<br />
Houston in a scrimmage.<br />
The three are NCAA Division I<br />
programs.<br />
The season opener comes Nov. 15<br />
against East Central in <strong>Kingsville</strong> in a Lone<br />
Star Conference crossover matchup.<br />
2009-2010 <strong>Javelina</strong> Women’s Basketball Schedule<br />
Oct. 29 – <strong>Texas</strong>-Pan American in<br />
Edinburg, 7 p.m. (exhibition)<br />
Nov. 5 – Prairie View A&M in Prairie<br />
View, 7 p.m. (exhibition)<br />
Nov. 8 – Houston Baptist in Houston, 2<br />
p.m. (scrimmage)<br />
Nov. 15 - #East Central in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 1 p.m.<br />
Nov. 20 – Central Missouri Tournament<br />
in Warrensburg, Mo.<br />
vs. Central Missouri, TBA<br />
vs. Nebraska-Omaha, TBA<br />
Nov. 27 – Turkey Day Shootout in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
Huston-Tillotson vs. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M<br />
International, 5 p.m.<br />
TAMUK vs. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce, 7 p.m.<br />
Nov. 28 – Turkey Day Shootout in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M International vs.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce, 2 p.m.<br />
TAMUK vs. Huston-Tillotson, 4 p.m.<br />
Nov. 30 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Dec. 2 – Schreiner in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Dec. 5 - #<strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Dec. 10 - #Northeastern Oklahoma in<br />
Tahlequah, Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Dec. 19 - #Southeastern Oklahoma in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Dec. 30 – St. Edward’s Tournament in<br />
Austin<br />
vs. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International, 2:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Dec. 31 – St. Edward’s Tournament in<br />
Austin<br />
vs. St. Edward’s, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Jan. 5 - #Central Oklahoma in Edmond,<br />
Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 7 - #Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 9 - #Southwestern Oklahoma in<br />
Weatherford, Okla., 2 p.m.<br />
Jan. 13 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in Canyon,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 16 - *Eastern New Mexico in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 1 p.m.<br />
Jan. 20 - *Angelo State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 27 - *Midwestern State in Wichita<br />
Falls, 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 30 - *Tarleton State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>,<br />
5 p.m.<br />
Feb. 2 - *Abilene Christian in Abilene,<br />
5:30 p.m.<br />
Feb. 6 - *Abilene Christian in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
(Continued on Page 10)<br />
Dyana Bullinger Kayla Naylor<br />
Felicia Soza<br />
Reagan Sutton
Men’s Basketball Begins 2009-10 Preseason Drills Thursday<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> men’s<br />
basketball team faces a rebuilding campaign<br />
in 2009-10 with only six lettermen returning<br />
from last year’s 19-11 team that participated<br />
in the NCAA Division II national playoffs.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s open preseason<br />
workouts Thursday in the Steinke Physical<br />
Education Center.<br />
Pete Peterson begins his 13 th season<br />
with one returnee possessing more than<br />
one letter. Adan Montalvo, 5-11 senior<br />
guard from La Joya, has lettered twice.<br />
The one-year lettermen are Emmanuel<br />
Dixon, 6-10 junior center from Houston<br />
(Gulf Shores Academy); Royce Gaye, 6-3<br />
senior guard from Houston (Spring Klein);<br />
Naquawn Lee, 6-1 senior guard from San<br />
Antonio (East Central); Flavio Milam, 6-5<br />
senior forward from Killeen (Ellison), and<br />
Adam Morris, 6-1 senior guard from Goliad.<br />
Lee received his letter in 2007-08 and<br />
wasn’t on the team last season.<br />
Four of the team members are transfers<br />
with collegiate experience: Marcus Ford, 6-3<br />
sophomore guard from Colorado Springs,<br />
Colo., and Lamar (Colo.) Community<br />
College; Antwan Mullins, 5-9 junior guard<br />
from Katy and Richland College; Ricky<br />
Simon, 6-0 junior guard from <strong>Texas</strong> City and<br />
McLennan Community College, and Ryan<br />
Wallace, 6-7 senior forward from Spring and<br />
the U.S. Military Academy.<br />
Phillip Belford, 5-8 freshman guard from<br />
Robstown (Tuloso-Midway), and Brock<br />
Kimball, 6-3 freshman guard from Ingleside,<br />
are redshirts who were on the team last<br />
2009-10 <strong>Javelina</strong> Men’s Basketball Roster<br />
Name P Ht. ClassExp. Hometown (School)<br />
Phillip Belford G 5-8 Fr. RS Robstown (Tuloso-Midway)<br />
Emmanuel Dixon C 6-10 Jr. 1VL Houston (Gulf Shores)<br />
Marcus Ford G 6-3 So. Tr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Lamar CC)<br />
Tyler Garcia G 6-2 Fr. 0 Roma<br />
Royce Gaye G 6-3 Sr. 1VL Houston (Spring Klein)<br />
Brock Kimball G 6-3 Fr. RS Ingleside<br />
Naquawn Lee G 6-1 Sr. 1VL San Antonio (East Central)<br />
Flavio Milam F 6-5 Sr. 1VL Killeen (Ellison)<br />
Adan Montalvo G 5-11 Sr. 2VL La Joya<br />
Adam Morris G 6-1 Sr. 1VL Goliad<br />
Antwan Mullins G 5-9 Jr. Tr. Katy (Richland CC)<br />
Ricky Simon G 6-0 Jr. Tr. <strong>Texas</strong> City (McLennan CC)<br />
Ryan Wallace F 6-7 Sr. Tr. Spring (U.S. Military Academy)<br />
Adan<br />
Montalvo<br />
season.<br />
The only freshman on the roster is<br />
Tyler Garcia, 6-2 guard from Roma.<br />
Missing from the squad are last year’s<br />
double-figure scorers Robert Williams (12.2)<br />
and Clyde Johnson (11.0). Williams also led<br />
the team in rebounding (6.8).<br />
Milam is the leading scorer returning.<br />
He averaged 8.5 last season and Gaye had<br />
an 8.4 average.<br />
Milam was the second leading<br />
rebounder with a 5.4 average.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s open Nov. 18 with <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M International in Laredo. The home<br />
opener comes Nov. 22 with <strong>Texas</strong> Lutheran.<br />
The Lone Star Conference South<br />
Division schedule begins Jan. 13 when the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s face West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in Canyon.<br />
2009-10 <strong>Javelina</strong> Men’s Basketball Schedule<br />
Nov. 18 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in Laredo, 8 p.m.<br />
Nov. 22 – <strong>Texas</strong> Lutheran in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Nov. 24 – St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Nov. 28 – Incarnate Word in San Antonio, 4 p.m.<br />
Nov. 30 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 8 p.m.<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. 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., 3 p.m.<br />
+LSC crossover games.<br />
*LSC South Division games.<br />
Trio Selected as IBC Players of the Week<br />
Three <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> athletes<br />
have been selected as the IBC players of<br />
the week for their performances last week.<br />
Football player Dondi Cooks and cross<br />
country runner Kiya Dandena share the<br />
men’s honor and volleyball player Kristin<br />
Chancellor is the women’s player of the<br />
week.<br />
Cooks, junior defensive lineman from<br />
Mesquite (North Mesquite), had two forced<br />
fumbles that helped setup the final two<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> scores as the team rallied for a 35-<br />
34 victory over <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce in<br />
Commerce.<br />
He also led the tackle chart with eight<br />
tackles and 1.5 were for losses.<br />
Dandena, junior from Houston<br />
(Bellaire), won the Incarnate Word<br />
invitational individual title, running a 26:32<br />
over the 8K course.<br />
Chancellor, senior from Bellville, helped<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong>s sweep two Lone Star<br />
Conference opponents.<br />
She had six kills and a .357 attack<br />
percentage against Cameron, and she<br />
recorded nine blocks.<br />
In a victory over Midwestern State, she<br />
had 13 kills and no errors for a .591 attack<br />
percentage.<br />
She had five blocks.
Sack Leader<br />
Matt Romig, 6-5, 225-pound freshman defensive end from Bells, is the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> sack leader with four. He also leads the team in tackles for losses<br />
with 7.5.<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium Fourth Largest in DII<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong>’s <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
Stadium has the fourth largest seating<br />
capacity in NCAA Division II.<br />
The stadium seats 15,000.<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M’s Kimbrough<br />
Stadium seats 20,000, Charleston (W. Va.)<br />
has a capacity of 18,600 and Angelo State’s<br />
San Angelo Stadium seats 17,500.<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium and Abilene<br />
Christian’s Shotwell Stadium each have<br />
15,000 capacities.<br />
Six of the nine top seating capacities<br />
are at schools in the Lone Star Conference.<br />
Women’s Basketball Schedule<br />
(Continued from Page 8)<br />
Feb. 10 - *Angelo State in San Angelo,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 17 - *Midwestern State in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 20 - *Tarleton State in<br />
Stephenville, 6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 24 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 27 - *Eastern New Mexico in<br />
Portales, N.M., 1 p.m. (MST)<br />
March 4-7 – Lone Star Conference<br />
Championships in Bartlesville, Okla.<br />
Bold-faced games are in <strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
#LSC crossover games.<br />
*LSC South Division games.<br />
Other than West <strong>Texas</strong>, ACU and<br />
TAMUK, Midwestern State’s Memorial<br />
Stadium seats 14,362 and Northeastern<br />
Oklahoma’s Gable Field seats 12,000.<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong>, Angelo State and ACU<br />
play in facilities not on campus and not<br />
owned by the school.<br />
Midwestern State’s stadium is on<br />
campus but not owned by the university.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s and Northeastern play at<br />
on-campus and school-owned facilities.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s meet Midwestern in the<br />
latter’s home stadium Saturday night.<br />
NCAA Division II Southwest Region<br />
Football Poll (Oct. 6)<br />
Compiled by the<br />
NCAA Football Committee<br />
Rank Team<br />
1. Abilene Christian<br />
2. Central Washington<br />
3. Northwest Missouri<br />
4. Missouri Western<br />
5. Washburn (Kan.)<br />
6. <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
7. Angelo State<br />
8. Fort Hays (Kan.) State<br />
9. Midwestern State<br />
10. Central Missouri<br />
(Bold-faced and italicized teams are in<br />
the Lone Star Conference)<br />
17 Athletes, Staff Members<br />
Candidates for Graduation<br />
Seventeen <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
athletes, student trainers and coach are<br />
candidates for graduation in December.<br />
The commencement is scheduled for 4<br />
and 7 p.m. Dec. 18 in the Steinke Physical<br />
Education Center.<br />
The coach is Kyle Ppool, on the<br />
football staff.<br />
Athletes are Justin Ariki, baseball<br />
player from Honolulu, Hawaii; Thermon<br />
Biggers, football player from Housotn<br />
(Bush); Kristin Chancellor, volleyball player<br />
from Bellville; Arlen Childress, football<br />
player from Humble.<br />
Also Erik Gomez, baseball player from<br />
El Paso (Socorro); Kia Griffen, basketball<br />
player from San Antonio (Roosevelt); J.R.<br />
Hausey, football player from McKinney<br />
(North); Dante Higgins, football player from<br />
Houston (Yates).<br />
Also Jimmy Nelson, track and field<br />
athlete from Galveston (Ball); Meisha<br />
Patterson, softball player from Dumas;<br />
Courtney Rigamonti, softball player from<br />
Winning Ticket<br />
TAMUK student Takeisha Bushay<br />
won the prize basket at a drawing<br />
during the Christus Spohn Hospital<br />
Kleberg breast cancer prevention<br />
event last week in the Steinke<br />
Center.<br />
Victoria (St. Joseph).<br />
And Jasmine Ross, softball player from<br />
Camilla, Ga.; Sam Strickland, baseball player<br />
from Houston (Spring Woods), and Jeff<br />
Terry, football player from San Jose, Calif.<br />
The student trainers are Judy Barrera<br />
and Monica Valdez, both from Alice.<br />
Edwards Named LSC South<br />
Defensive Player of the Week<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> linebacker Jeff<br />
Edwards was named the Lone Star<br />
Conference South Division defensive<br />
player of the week for his performance of<br />
Oct. 3.<br />
Edwards, senior from Houston<br />
(Westside), had two interceptions in the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> victory over Tarleton State.<br />
He also recorded seven tackles, two for<br />
losses, and had a sack.<br />
It is the second time Edwards has been<br />
recognized this fall by the LSC.<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Football Wins<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M System Title<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> football<br />
team has won its first championship of the<br />
season, although it’s an unofficial title.<br />
The squad wrapped up the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M<br />
System championship of the Lone Star<br />
Conference with a victory over <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M-Commerce last weekend in Commerce.<br />
There are four schools in the LSC that<br />
are members of the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M System.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s have beaten each of<br />
them this season.<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M, Tarleton State and<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce are the TAMUS<br />
members along with the <strong>Javelina</strong>s.
29 Home Games on 2010 <strong>Javelina</strong> Baseball Schedule<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> baseball<br />
team will play 29 of its 56 games at Nolan<br />
Ryan Field next spring. Twelve of the first<br />
13 games will be in <strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
One of the “road” games will come<br />
March 2 when the <strong>Javelina</strong>s take on <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M-Corpus Christi at Whataburger Field<br />
in Corpus Christi.<br />
The season opens Feb. 5 when<br />
Houston-Victoria visits Nolan Ryan Field<br />
for a doubleheader.<br />
Other non-conference opponents,<br />
other than TAMUCC and Houston-Victoria,<br />
are Incarnate Word, St. Edward’s, St.<br />
Mary’s and <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International.<br />
The first of the 44 Lone Star<br />
Conference games will come Feb. 12 when<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong>s meet Southwestern Oklahoma<br />
in a four-game series in <strong>Kingsville</strong>. The<br />
second conference series Feb. 19-20 will<br />
also be at Nolan Ryan Field.<br />
LSC series in <strong>Kingsville</strong> are with<br />
Abilene Christian, East Central,<br />
Northeastern Oklahoma, Southeastern<br />
Oklahoma, Southwestern Oklahoma and<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M.<br />
2010 <strong>Javelina</strong> Baseball Schedule<br />
Feb. 5 – Houston-Victoria in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
Feb. 9 – Incarnate Word in San<br />
Antonio, 2 p.m.<br />
Feb. 12 - *Southwestern Oklahoma in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
Feb. 13 - *Southwestern Oklahoma in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 1 p.m.<br />
Feb. 16 – St. Edward’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6<br />
p.m.<br />
Feb. 19 - *Abilene Christian in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
Feb. 20 - *Abilene Christian in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 1 p.m.<br />
Feb. 23 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International<br />
in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Feb. 26 - *Central Oklahoma in<br />
Edmond, Okla. (2), 1 p.m.<br />
Feb. 27 - *Central Oklahoma in<br />
Edmond, Okla. (2), 1 p.m.<br />
March 2 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Corpus Christi<br />
in Corpus Christi (Whataburger Field), 5<br />
p.m.<br />
March 5 - *Eastern New Mexico in<br />
Portales, N.M. (2), 1 p.m.<br />
March 6 - *Eastern New Mexico in<br />
Portales, N.M. (2), 1 p.m.<br />
March 9 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in<br />
Laredo, 3 p.m.<br />
March 12 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
March 13 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 1 p.m.<br />
March 16 – St. Mary’s in San Antonio,<br />
5 p.m.<br />
March 19 - *Northeastern Oklahoma<br />
in <strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
On the Air<br />
Delra Glover, junior<br />
defensive back from<br />
Hempstead, is<br />
interviewed on the<br />
weekly Hog Calls<br />
radio show. The<br />
broadcast, hosted by<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> sports<br />
information director<br />
Shane Meling, is<br />
carried on four<br />
South <strong>Texas</strong> stations:<br />
KTAI (91.1)<br />
in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, ESPN<br />
(1230) in Corpus<br />
Christi, KOPY<br />
(92.1) in Alice and<br />
KNAL (1410) in<br />
Victoria. Hog Calls<br />
originates each<br />
week from Young’s<br />
Pizza in <strong>Kingsville</strong>.<br />
March 20 - *Northeastern Oklahoma<br />
in <strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 1 p.m.<br />
March 23 – Houston-Victoria in<br />
Victoria, 6 p.m.<br />
March 26 - *Tarleton State in<br />
Stephenville (2), 1 p.m.<br />
March 27 - *Tarleton State in<br />
Stephenville (2), 1 p.m.<br />
April 2 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla. (2),<br />
1 p.m.<br />
April 3 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla. (2),<br />
1 p.m.<br />
April 6 – St. Edward’s in Austin, 2 p.m.<br />
April 9 - *Southeastern Oklahoma in<br />
JAVELINA CLUB<br />
TOUCHDOWN & TURNOVER<br />
CHALLENGE<br />
Show your support of the <strong>Javelina</strong> football team by participating in the <strong>Javelina</strong> Club<br />
Touchdown & Turnover Challenge!<br />
All money raised will support the Football Locker Room Improvement Fund<br />
Here’s how you can play in the TOUCHDOWN & TURNOVER CHALLENGE:<br />
Alumni and fans have until noon Friday, Oct. 23, to submit how much they will<br />
pledge for each touchdown the <strong>Javelina</strong>s score and how many turnovers they create<br />
in the Homecoming game vs. Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday, Oct. 24,<br />
at 7 p.m.<br />
$10 per TOUCHDOWN & TURNOVER (Maximum donation will be $100)<br />
Head Coach Bo Atterberry will be notified before the game of all those who<br />
pledged in support of his team and each participant’s name will be displayed on the<br />
Pro Star video board in <strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium several times during the Homecoming<br />
game.<br />
…and of course it is hoped and expected that this will be above and beyond what<br />
you normally donate to the <strong>Javelina</strong> Club during the course of the fiscal year!<br />
Can we count on your participation in support of our HOGS?<br />
Show your <strong>Javelina</strong> Spirit now by replying via this e-mail to<br />
joe.biedron@tamuk.edu and by indicating your name, address, city, state,<br />
zip code and the amount you are willing to pledge. We will forward an<br />
invoice to you.<br />
A.) $ 10 per <strong>Javelina</strong> touchdown and <strong>Javelina</strong> turnover created<br />
(Maximum $ 100.00)<br />
OR<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
April 10 - *Southeastern Oklahoma in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 1 p.m.<br />
April 16 - *East Central in <strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
(2), 1 p.m.<br />
April 17 - *East Central in <strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
(2), 1 p.m.<br />
April 20 – Incarnate Word in<br />
<strong>Kingsville</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
April 23 - *Angelo State in San Angelo<br />
(2), 1 p.m.<br />
April 24 - *Angelo State in San Angelo,<br />
1 p.m.<br />
*LSC games.<br />
B.) Specify maximum $$$ amount you are willing to pledge<br />
Join in the fun in support of the <strong>Javelina</strong>s!<br />
Thank you!<br />
GO-O-O JAVELINAS...GO-O-O HOGS!
Pink Replaces Blue & Gold For a Night<br />
Fans joined the <strong>Javelina</strong> volleyball team and Christus Spohn Hospital Kleberg in promoting breast cancer awareness<br />
at a volleyball match last week in the Steinke Physical Education Center. A crowd of 850 attended the match.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s celebrate a victory over Cameron.<br />
The team greets its opponent, the Cameron Aggies, prior to the match.<br />
Jess Morris, junior from Goliad,<br />
gets a dig in last week’s “Dig Pink”<br />
match with Cameron. She is a<br />
sister of <strong>Javelina</strong> men’s basketball<br />
player Adam Morris.<br />
The players presented pink carnations to fans prior to the “Dig Pink” match.