KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363VOLUME XVI, NO. 7 SEPT. 23, 2015

Members ofthe Javelinabaseball teamhelped at theKeepKingsvilleBeautifulTrash Off Daylast weekend.Javelinaathletesannuallyvolunteer withthe project.

HelpingWith the

Trash

Top RusherShawn Vasquez, 5-10, 190-pound senior running back fromBrentwood, Calif., is the Javelinas’ leading rusher after the first threegames, averaging 66.3 yards a game.

Congrats ToJavelina

Pole VaulterJordan YamoahSilver Medalist

At All-AfricaGames

Football Hosting West AlabamaSaturday on Family Weekend

Volleyball Home WednesdayAgainst Panhandle State

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillefootball team will step out of theLone Star Conference for its finalnon-league game of the seasonwhen it hosts West AlabamaSaturday night in JavelinaStadium.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.The Javelinas will be trying

to even their record at 2-2 for theseason.

West Alabama is 3-0.This will be the third meeting

of the schools. The earliermatchups came in 1977 and 1978.

The Javelinas defeated theTigers, 21-13, in Livington, Ala., in

1977 and dropped a 6-2 decisionthe following season in Kingsville.

West Alabama is a member ofthe Gulf South Conference,considered one of the best inNCAA Division II. One of thenational polls had four of the GSCteams in the top 10 last week.

The Javelinas are averaging350.3 total yards a game, 106.3rushing and 244 passing.

Defensively, they are givingup 348.7 total yards an outing, 202rushing and 146.7 passing.

Shawn Vasquez, 5-10, 190-pound senior running back fromBrentwood, Calif., leads the

Javelina rushing with 66.3 yards agame and 5.0 yards a carry. Hehas two touchdowns.

Myles Carr, 6-2, 215-poundjunior quarterback from Arcadia,Calif., has completed 49 of 79(.620) passes for 134.1 yards agame. He has thrown fourtouchdown passes and has hadfour interceptions.

Jordan Thomas, 5-11, 165-pound sophomore wideout fromSan Antonio (Stevens), has 15receptions for 267 yards and ascore.

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The Texas A&M-Kingsville volleyball team closes out an eight-match home stand when it hosts Oklahoma Panhandle State Wednesdaynight in a non-conference matchup.

Match time is 7 p.m. in the Steinke Center.The Javelinas are 6-5 for the year and 1-1 in the Lone Star

Conference standings.Casey Klobedans, 5-9 sophomore setter from Boerne (Champion),

leads the Javelina offense with a .367 attack percentage.Ashley Bukowski, 5-8 junior middle blocker from Harlingen (South),

averages 3.11 kills a set and Brett Zaccardo, 5-7 sophomore libero fromAmarillo (Bushland), averages 5.09 digs.

Panhandle State has a 1-9 record. Individual statistics on the Aggieplayers wasn’t available.

After the home match, the Javelinas will take on Texas Woman’s at 5p.m. Friday in Denton, Texas A&M-Commerce at 2 p.m. Saturday inCommerce and St. Mary’s Tuesday at 7 p.m. in San Antonio.

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Javelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs

2015 Javelina Remaining Football ScheduleSept. 26 - West Alabama in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 3 p.m. (MDT)Oct. 10 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 31 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 1 p.m.Nov. 7 – Lone Star Conference playoffs, TBA.Nov. 14 – Lone Star Conference playoffs, TBA.Nov. 21 – NCAA Division II first round playoffs, TBA.Nov. 28 – NCAA Division II second round playoffs, TBA.Dec. 5 – NCAA Division II quarterfinals, TBA.Dec. 12 – NCAA Division II semifinals, TBA.Dec. 19 – NCAA Division II championship in Kansas City, Kan.*Lone Star Conference games.

Former Javelina PlayersJohn Houston,left, and Dr. Cleavon Rollins are former Javelina footballplayers who got together at a recent home game. Houston is on thecoaching staff at Kingsville H.M. King High School and Rollins is alicensed professional counselor in McAllen.

(Continued from Page 1)pound junior linebacker fromPasadena (Dobie), tops the tacklechart with 20 and he has a sack.

West Alabama is averaging388 total yards a game, 189.3rushing and 198.7 passing. TheTiger defense has allowed 189total yards a game, 33 rushing and156 passing.

The defense has allowed theopponents 0.9 yards a rushingattempt in the first three games.

Dezmon Huntley, 6-1, 185-poundfreshman running back fromMableton, Ala., leads the rushing with67.2 yards a game and 8.4 yards acarry. He has scored twice.

Trent Thompson, 6-3, 215-pound junior quarterback fromPowder Springs, Ga., has completed34 of 55 (.618) passes for 143.8yards a game. He has fourtouchdowns and two pickoffs.

Tyreek Hill, 5-10, 185-poundsenior running back fromDouglas,Ga., and RandySatterfield, 6-3, 170-poundsophomore wideout from Jemison,Ala., each have nine receptions,Hill’s for 196 yards and two scoresand Satterfield’s for 151 yards andfour touchdowns.

Quenton Harton, 5-11, 230-pound senior linebacker fromTuscaloosa, Ala., tops the tacklechart with 26 and he has 2.5

Football Hosting West Alabamatackles for losses.

The game closes a three-gamehome stand for the Javelinas.

The team will be on the roadOct. 2 to face Eastern New Mexicoin Blackwater Draw, N.M.

NCAA Division IIFootball Power RatingsCompiled by the NCAA

Rank Team1. Minnesota State2. West Georgia3. Ferris (Mich.) State4. Northwest Missouri5. Pittsburg (Kan.) State6. Delta (Miss.) State7. Sioux Falls (S.D.)8. Angelo State9. Valdosta (Ga.) State10. North Alabama11. Minnesota-Duluth12. Colorado State-Pueblo13. Grand Valley (Mich.) State14. Colorado Mines15. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)16. Ohio Dominican (Bold-faced and italicized teamsare in the Lone Star Conference)

CONGRATULATIONS TO JAVELINA pole vaulter JordanYamoah, who was a silver medalist in the All-Africa Games lastweek in Brazzaville, Congo.

Yamoah became the fourth Javelina to compete in aninternational event this summer.

High jumper Jeron Robinson, sprinter Kaina Martinez andhurdler Sergio Rios were in the Pan American Games in Canada.

Robinson was fourth in the Pan Am competition.

THE JAVELINA CROSS country teams will run in CorpusChristi Friday and it’s the closest thing to a home meet for theJavelinas.

In the past, the meet has been held at West Guth Park, whichwas convenient for Javelina fans.

This year it has been moved to the Dugan Stadium area at 700Nile Drive near the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi campus.

Still, it’ll give the Javelina fans an opportunity to see theJavelinas in action without taking a long trip.

The women’s race begins at 6:15 p.m. and the men will run at 6:45.

JAVELINA FOOTBALL, WHICH posted numerous “firsts”since starting the sport in 1925, will get another one next fall whenit takes on a Canadian team for the first time.

The Javelinas will meet Simon Fraser of Vancouver, BritishColumbia, in the Seattle area.

The exact site hasn’t been finalized.Simon Fraser, actually located in Burnaby, a suburb of

Vancouver, is the only Canadian football team playing in the NCAA.The Klansmen are members of the Great Northwest Athletic

Conference.The Javelinas have played teams from that league for four

consecutive years before this fall.Central Washington was on the schedule in 2011-13 and

Humboldt (Calif.) State was on the 2014 slate.The Javelinas have met teams from Mexico in the past and

they will possibly become the only U.S. collegiate football squad toplay teams from three different countries when they go againstSimon Fraser.

The Javelinas have also played in five different countries,another accomplishment no other college team can claim. Thesquad has played in, along with the U.S. and Mexico, Austria,France and Germany.

The contests in Austria, France and Germany came during athree-week exhibition tour with Henderson (Ark.) State in thesummer of 1976.

It will also be the first game for the Javelinas in Seattle.But there should have been a game there in 1977.

The Javelinas, who had won three consecutive NAIA nationalchampionships, tied Abilene Christian, 25-25, in their head-to-headmatchup that season and ended up tied for the Lone StarConference title. But the Wildcats were chosen to take part in thepostseason playoffs and advanced into the championship, taggedthe Apple Bowl, in Seattle’s Kingdome. (Continued on Page 3)

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Javelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs

Upcoming Javelina Events

Back in ActionCarlie Clark, Javelina juniorpitcher from Warsaw, Va., wasback in the circle last weekendfor a scrimmage with CoastalBend College. She missed muchof her sophomore season afterbeing hit in the face by a pitchedball.

Sept. 23 – Volleyball: Oklahoma Panhandle State in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 25 – Volleyball: *Texas Woman’s in Denton, 5 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: Islander Splash Invitational inCorpus Christi (TAMUCC Momentum Campus)

Women’s Tennis: Intercollegiate Tennis Association RegionalTournament in San Antonio.

Sept. 26 – Football: West Alabama in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Family Weekend). Women’s Tennis: Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional

Tournament in San Antonio.Sept. 27 – Volleyball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 2 p.m.Sept. 29 – Volleyball: St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 7 p.m.Oct. 2 – Volleyball: *Angelo State in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 – Volleyball: *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.

Football: *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 3 p.m.Oct. 5 - Women’s Golf: Houston-Victoria Fall Tournament in Victoria.Oct. 6 - Women’s Golf: Houston-Victoria Fall Tournament in Victoria.Oct. 7 – Volleyball New Mexico Highlands in Goodwell, Okla., 4 p.m.

Volleyball: Oklahoma Panhandle State in Goodwell, Okla., 7 p.m.Oct. 9 – Volleyball: *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 7 p.m.Oct. 10 – Football: *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Kingsville

Community Appreciation Weekend). Volleyball: *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 12:30 p.m. Volleyball: Newman (Kan.) in Canyon, 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 12 - Women’s Golf: Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio.Oct. 13 – Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: Angelo State Invitational

in San Angelo. Women’s Golf: Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio.

Oct. 15 – Volleyball: St. Edward’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Dig Pink Night)Oct. 17 – Football: *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m.Oct. 19 - Women’s Golf: Oklahoma Intercollegiate Tournament for

Women at Fort Sill, Okla.Oct. 20 - Women’s Golf: Oklahoma Intercollegiate Tournament for

Women at Fort Sill, Okla.Oct. 23 – Volleyball: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 3 p.m.

Volleyball: Arkansas-Monticello in Wichita Falls, 5 p.m.Oct. 24 – Football: *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Kleberg

Bank Homecoming Game). Volleyball: *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 2 p.m. Softball: Alumni Game at Hubert Field, 10 a.m.

Oct. 26 – Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: Lone Star ConferenceChampionships in Stephenville.

Oct. 28 – Volleyball: Texas A&M International in Laredo, 7 p.m.Oct. 30 – Volleyball: *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 31 – Volleyball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 2 p.m.

Football: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 1 p.m.Nov. 3 – Volleyball: Texas A&M International in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Nov. 6 – Volleyball: *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 – Volleyball: *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 2 p.m.

Football: Lone Star Conference postseason playoffs, TBD. Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: NCAA Division II South

Central Region Championships in Canyon.Nov. 13 – Volleyball: *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball: Texas A&M International inStephenville, noon (TexAnn Tipoff Classic).

Nov. 14 – Volleyball: *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 8

p.m. (Emerald Beach Hotel/Javelina Classic). Football: Lone Star Conference postseason playoffs, TBD.

*Lone Star Conference games/matches.Bold-faced events are in Kingsville.

Lone Star Conference Standings(Conference Only)

Team W L Pct.Midwestern State 1 0 1.000A&M-Commerce 1 0 1.000West Texas A&M 1 0 1.000Angelo State 0 0 .000A&M-Kingsville 0 1 .000E. New Mexico 0 1 .000Tarleton State 0 1 .000

This Weekend’s Schedule:West Alabama at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.; *Angelo Stateat West Texas A&M, 5 p.m.;*Eastern New Mexico at TexasA&M-Commerce, 7 p.m.;*Tarleton State at MidwesternState, 7 p.m.

Last Weekend’s Results:*Texas A&M-Commerce 37, TexasA&M-Kingsville 17; *MidwesternState 28, Eastern New Mexico 24;*West Texas A&M 52, TarletonState 38; Angelo State 56, Bacone(Okla.) 0.

*Lone Star Conferencegames.

TWO FORMER JAVELINA football players hold positions inthe Texas High School Coaches Association this school year.

Mark Smith, immediate past president of the group, is on theboard of directors and Abel Gonzalez is one of eight on the footballadvisory committee.

Smith is the head football coach at San Antonio Madison HighSchool and Gonzalez is the head football coach at Rio Grande CityLa Grulla High School.

THE JAVELINA FOOTBALL team has played squads fromthe Gulf South Conference for decades and the Javelinas are awareof the strength of the league.

Apparently this is another big year for the conference clubs.In the NCAA Division II power ratings last week, selected by theNCAA, four of the top 10 teams are in the GSC.

West Georgia was No. 2, Delta (Miss.) State No. 6, Valdosta(Ga.) State No. 9 and North Alabama No. 10.In the polls compiled by the American Football Coaches Associationand D2Football.com, the GSC had four teams in the top 11 lastweek.

Another power in the league is West Alabama, and theJavelinas will be hosting the Tigers Sept. 26 in Javelina Stadium.

FORT VALLEY (GA.) staged a 25-point rally to defeat Lane(Tenn.), 50-38, Sept. 12.

The Wildcats trailed 25 points in the third period when itstaged the comeback.

Don Pittman, former Javelina coach, is the head football coachat Fort Valley.

EVEN THOUGH MIDWESTERN State lost a home game byplaying in the Lone Star Football Festival last weekend in AT&TStadium in Arlington, MSU head coach Bill Maskill says he is a bigproponent of the Festival.

“It’s good for everybody,” he said. “I wouldn’t change it abit. Our kids like it, their kids like it. You are taking a home gameaway from somebody but it’s a good tool and I’d do it again andagain and again.”

For Midwestern State, which is two hours from Arlington, thegames in the Cowboys’ stadium are like a home contest.

The Festival is considered one of the highlights of the NCAADivision II football season each year. It has produced eightpostseason playoff teams, five NFL draft picks and the 2012national champion, Valdosta (Ga.) State.

THE TARLETON STATE football program has had more thanits share of tragedies over the past five years.In 2010, defensive tackle Zach Shaver died after collapsing in apractice session.

Two years later, Dr. Ron Newsome, who was the TSU long-time play-by-play announcer and former athletic director, wasfound dead in his home. (Continued on Page 4)

Javelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs

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Welcoming ReceptionAnthony Giacometti, assistant director of development-athletics, withDr. Heidi Anderson, new provost and vice president for academicaffairs at Texas A&M-Kingsville, at a reception welcoming Andersonlast week in the Founders Room on campus.

IBC Bank Establishes EndowmentThe International Bank of

Commerce (IBC Bank) haspartnered with the Texas A&M-Kingsville Foundation to establish

the IBC Bank Javelina AthleticsScholarship Endowment.

It became effective Sept. 1.The endowment provides

scholarship support to Javelinamen’s and women’s athleticprograms, for low to middleincome and/or first-generationathletes.

The gift from the bank will bemade over a five-year period andis in addition to its annual majorcorporate sponsorship agreementduring the same five-year periodwith the athletic department.

“IBC Bank and RenatoRamirez have done so much forthe University,” Brad Walker, chiefdevelopment officer of the TexasA&M-Kingsville Foundation,said. “This is merely the latest ina long list of ways to support ourstudents. What is so wonderful isthat IBC Bank sees the long-termbenefit of an endowment, and thattruly benefits both the studentwho receives the scholarship andthe University.”

“IBC is a strong supporter ofTAMUK and athletics,” Ramirez,CEO and chair of IBC-Zapata,said. “For close to 100 years, theUniversity has contributedimmensely to raising theeducational level, as well as theeconomics conditions of thepopulation in South Texas, mostof which is Hispanic. We arecommitted to athletics because ofthe discipline that athleticcompetition imparts on theparticipants. We are proud to be amember of the Javelina Nation.”

The TAMUK Foundation is aprivate, independent organizationestablished in 1972 to supportTexas A&M-Kingsville and itsmission. The Foundationcurrently manages total assets of$64 million in support of theUniversity.

IBC Bank was the officialgame sponsor of last weekend’sHispanic Heritage Game inJavelina Stadium.

2015 Javelina Remaining Men’s and Women’sCross Country Schedule

Sept. 25 – Islander Splash Invitational in Corpus Christi (Momentumcampus).

Oct. 13 – Angelo State Invitational in San Angelo.Oct. 26 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Stephenville.Nov. 7 – NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships in

Canyon.Nov. 21 – NCAA Division II Championships in Joplin, Mo.

Less than a month later, Cody Stephens, a 6-9 offensivelineman for the Texans, died in his sleep at his home.

In March of 2014, Chance Wallace, the team’s starting safety,was snowboarding in Colorado when he had an accident that lefthim paralyzed from his neck down.

Cheryl Spellmeier, who was the athletic secretary, was drivingout a parking lot in the summer of 2014 when her car was rear-ended and pushed into the path of an oncoming semi.

She died instantly.This year, offensive lineman Camron Owens was found in his

dorm, dead of a heart attack from a hereditary heart problem. AndChristian Champine, a defensive lineman, was driving home for thesummer when his car was hit by a semi, killing him and severelyinjuring teammate Malik Brown.

LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes:…Texas A&M-Commerce has named the four finalists for the

director of athletics position.They are Tim McMurray, CEO of Rainmakers 123; Chris

Ratcliff, director of athletics at Arkansas-Monticello; Matt Jones,senior associate athletic director for external affairs/operations atDelta (Miss.) State, and Daron Montgomery, director of athletics atWisconsin-Stevens Point.

…Texas A&M-Commerce will hold an All-Sports ReunionWeekend this week as a part of the 100 Seasons of Lion Athletics.

A $15 ticket will get the fans admission to all events onThursday, Friday and Saturday.

At the Saturday football game, the Lions will recognize the 20-year reunion of the 1995 footbal team, the last to earn a berth in theNCAA Division II playoffs.

Military Appreciation will also salute military active membersand veterans. Tickets for these honorees will be $5 for all events.

...The West Texas A&M baseball program will host two campsin October.

A pitcher-catching academy will be held Oct. 6, 12, 19 and 26and a hitting academy is set for Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27.

A prospect try9out camp is scheduled for Oct. 18.The pitching-catching and hitting academies are $100 per camper.The prospect camp is for players who have exhausted their high

school or junior college eligibility. The cost per participant is $50.…Texas A&M-Commerce softball will hold a Homerun Derby

Fundraiser Oct. 2.Donors and Lion softball players will be paired for the event.The opening round will see teams advancing. The semifinals

will see four players and four contestants each taking five swings.The final rond will have the top two players and contestants

competing for the title, each getting five swings.The derby is limited to 21 participants. Prizes and trophies will

be given to the champion.The entry cost is $25 per player and a minimum of a penny per

football for the softball player’s longest home run.Proceeds will go the building of an indoor batting cage facility.

TAMUC is in his second year of softball competition.

Garth FansFormer Javelina football coach David Browning and his wife, Cheryl,are shown at a Garth Brooks concert last week in the AmericanAirlines Center in Dallas. Browning was on the Javelina staff in 1987and 1988.

2015 Javelina RemainingWomen’s Golf Fall Schedule

Oct. 5-6 - Houston-Victoria Fall Invitational in Victoria.Oct. 12-13 - Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio.Oct. 19-20 - Oklahoma Intercollegiate Tournament for Women at

Fort Sill, Okla. (Cameron host).

Breaking FreeTorrey Thomas,6-4, 210-poundfreshman tightend from Katy(Morton Ranch),breaks freeagainst MissouriS&T in JavelinaStadium.

(Continued from Page 1)The TWU and TAMUC

matches are LSC matchups.TWU had a Tuesday night

match with Tarleton State inDenton and entered with an 8-2season’s record and 2-0 in theLSC.

Hillary Shaffer, 6-0 seniormiddle blocker from Brownsboro,leads the team offensively with a.338 attack percentage and sheaverages 1.0 blocks a set.

Makayla Mayfield, 5-9freshman outside hitter fromDecatur, averages 3.45 kills a setand Joey Redwine, 6-0 seniorsetter from Decatur, averages 9.58sets.

Mallory Juschle, 5-11 junioroutside hitter from Tyler (Lee),averages 4.03 digs a set.

Commerce had a Tuesdaynight match with Angelo State inCommerce and will hostSoutheastern Oklahoma Fridaynight.

Going into the Tuesday

match, the Lions were 8-3 for theyear and 2-0 in the LSC.

Sydney Reyes, 5-10sophomore middle blocker fromDenton (Guyer), has a .345 attackpercentage and Taryn Driver, 5-10junior middle blocker fromMontgomery, averages 2.93 kills aset.

Courtney Tate, 5-9sophomore setter from Houston(Memorial), averages 10.0 sets andAshley Mireles, 5-3 junior liberofrom Georgetown, averages 4.29digs.

St. Mary’s has a Wednesdaynight match with Tarleton Stateand a Friday night match withPanhandle State before hostingthe Javelinas.

The Rattlers are 2-8 for theyear.

Megan Isbell, 6-2 sophomoremiddle blocker from NewBraunfels (Canyon), has a .303attack percentage and averages1.11 blocks a set.

Channing Hankins, 6-1

freshman outside hitter from Katy,averages 2.74 kills and ToriEstrada, 5-2 senior libero from SanAntonio (Antonian), averages5.72 digs a set.

The Javelinas defeated theRattlers earlier in Kingsville.

After the Wednesday matchwith Panhandle State, theJavelinas won’t return to theSteinke Center until Oct. 2 whenAngelo State visits.

Volleyball Hosts Panhandle State Wednesday

Lone Star Conference Standings(Conference Only)

Team W L Pct.Texas Woman’s 2 0 1.000A&M-Commerce 2 0 1.000Cameron 1 0 1.000Angelo State 1 0 1.000A&M-Kingsville 1 1 .500Tarleton State 0 1 .000Midwestern State 0 1 .000E. New Mexico 0 2 .000West Texas A&M 0 2 .000

There wasn’t a Lone StarConference team ranked in theNCAA Division II poll last week.

Angelo State and West TexasA&M received votes but didn’tenter the top 25.

Minnesota-Duluth movedinto the top spot from No. 3 andformer No. 1 Tampa (Fla.) droppedto fifth.NCAA Division II Volleyball Poll

Compiled by the AmericanVolleyball Coaches Association

Rank Team1. Minnesota-Duluth2. Southwest Minnesota3. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)4. Ferris (Mich.) State5. Tampa (Fla.)6. Central Missouri7. Washburn (Kan.)8. Wayne (Neb.) State

9. Florida Southern10. Wheeling Jesuit (W. Va.)11. Colorado Mines12. Alaska-Anchorage13. Rockhurst (Mo.)14. Cal State-San Bernardino15. Nebraska-Kearney16. Western Washington17. Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.)18. Grand Valley (Mich.) State19. Central Oklahoma20. West Florida21. Sonoma (Calif.) State22. Northern (S.D.) State23. Wingate (N.C.)24. Point Loma (Calif.)25. Augustana (S.D.)

Other teams receiving votesincludes Angelo State and WestTexas A&M. (Bold-faced and italicized teamsare in the Lone Star Conference).

No LSC Teams in Volleyball Poll

Keeping Kingsville CleanMembers of the Javelina baseball team joined Kingsville mayor Sam Fugate, third from the right, front row, at the Keep Kingsville BeautifulTrashoff Day Saturday.

Lots of Runners, FansSeveral thousand runners and fans were at the L.E. Ramey Golf Course Saturday for the annual Javelina Invitational Cross Country Meet. More than 1,100 athletes took part in theevent, sponsored by the Javelina track and field program.

Heading to PaydirtAnthony Autry, 6-2, 186-pound junior wideout from Atlanta, Ga., findsan open field after a reception.

Texas A&M-Kingsville golferAnalysa Coy and football receiverJordan Thomas were named theIBC Bank athletes of the week fortheir performances last week.

Coy, senior from Bastrop,finished second in a golf tournamentin Seguin, shooting a 153.

Thomas, sophomore from SanAntonio (Stevens), had eightreceptions for 173 yards and a 26-yard touchdown against TexasA&M-Commerce.

IBC Bank Athletes of the WeekAug. 31-Sept. 5 –

Krystal Faison, volleyballDevonte Williams, football

Sept. 7-12Brett Zaccardo, volleyballShawn Vasquez, football

Sept. 14-19Analysa Coy, golfJordan Thomas, football

Coy, ThomasNamed IBCBank Honorees

Texas A&M-Kingsville’s BrettZaccardo was named the LoneStar Conference volleyballdefensive player of the week aftera record-setting performance theprevious weekend.

Zaccardo, sophomore liberofrom Amarillo (Bushland), had 29digs in one of the matches in theEmerald Beach Hotel/JavelinaInvitational. That broke theschool record of 26, set in 2007 byTara Grier.

She had 75 digs in the fourtournament matches, averaging5.77 per set.

It is the second time Zaccardohas been named LSC player of theweek.

Zaccardo LSCPlayer of Week

The Texas A&M-Kingsville women’s golf team will be idle this weekafter finishing fourth in the Texas Lutheran Invitational last week inSeguin.

The Javelinas won’t return to action until Oct. 5-6 when they play inthe Houston-Victoria Fall Invitational in Victoria.

Analysa Coy, senior from Bastrop, was runnerup in the Seguinmeet, shooting a 153.

Emily Coleman of Western Texas Community College took medalisthonors with a 146.

The Javelinas shot 643 as a team.Western Texas Community College won the team title with a 631

score, Mary Hardin-Baylor was second with a 635 and Hardin-Simmonswas third with a 636 score.

Southwestern was fifth at 647, Concordia sixth with a 698 score andTexas Lutheran seventh at 709.

Other Javelina scores were Jessica Sellers, senior from San Antonio(Steele), 12th, 160; Brittany Rodriguez, sophomore from Corpus Christi(Moody), 22nd, 164; Rachelle Nielson, freshman from Summerland,British Columbia, 24th, 166, and Bianca Sielero, freshman from Palmview,35th, 182.

Golf Idle This Week, FinishesFourth at TLC Tournament

Going for a SlamAshley Bukowski, junior middle blocker from Harlingen (South), getshigh for a slam in a match last weekend in the Steinke Center.

Blooming Blue & GoldThe flowers at the entrance to Hubert Field, top, and Nolan Ryan Field are in full bloom and they display theschool colors, blue and gold. Vernie and Blanche Hubert Field is home of the Javelina softball team andRyan Field is the home field for the Javelina baseball squad, the Lone Star Conference champion for the pasttwo years.

Timeout InstructionStephanie Johns, graduate assistant coach for the Javelina volleyballteam, instructs players during a timeout in a recent match.

Javelinas on Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor RollName Sport Class Major HometownStephanie Ames Athletic Trainer Grad Kinesiology Broken Arrow, Okla.Eleni Anastasova Tennis Jr. Kinesiology Varna, BulgariaJohn Arevalo Football So. Criminal justice WeslacoJacob Armstrong Football Fr. Kinesiology Victoria (West)Dylan Bass Baseball Fr. Geology MagnoliaKyra Bauer Basketball Jr. Kinesiology HuttoVictor Beltran Football Fr. Natural gas engineering Rio Grande CityOllie Brady Football Jr. Management Missouri City (Elkins)Malcolm Cameron Track & Field Jr. Mechanical engineering Washington D.C.Clay Campbell Baseball So. Industrial management Sugar Land (Lamar)Meagan Cantu Golf So. Kinesiology Monte Alto (Edcouch-Elsa)Raul Castillo Football Fr. Kinesiology McAllen (Rowe)Ashley Coy Golf Sr. Psychology BastropChristian Cuervo Football Fr. Criminology La FeriaJakorey Davis Football Fr. Criminology San Antonio (Roosevelt)Travis Demas Football Fr. Communications AlvinMarija Dimitrovska Tennis Jr. Information systems Skopje, MacedoniaDylan Dimock Track & Field Jr. Psychology Toronto, CanadaLance Elling Baseball Jr. Civil engineering San Antonio (O’Connor)Sarah Embrey Athletic Trainer Grad Kinesiology Skiatook, Okla.Dean Fleitman Baseball Jr. Mechanical engineering LindsayChristian Garcia Football Jr. Kinesiology Eagle PassChelsea Gonzalez Track & Field Fr. Kinesiology Corpus Christi (Carroll)Javan Gray Track & Field Sr. Management Springfield, Ore.Nadia Grlj Tennis So. Kinesiology Melbourne, AustraliaMiguel Hanze Track & Field Fr. Pre-engineering Guayaquil, EcuadorKendall Hensely Football So. Industrial management George WestMariaxi Herrera Tennis Jr. Finance Ibarra, EcuadorLamont Hills Football Jr. Criminology San Antonio (Stevens)Brittany Holcombe Track & Field Jr. Interdisciplinary studies Corpus Christi (King)Casey Klobedans Volleyball Fr. Finance Boerne (Champion)Alex Lichtenberger Track & Field Fr. Range/wildlife science Bishop (Academy)Aundra Long Football So. History HuntsvilleRachel Longoria Softball Fr. Communications disorders HuttoBryce Martin Track & Field So. Civil engineering SaladoKaina Martinez Track & Field Jr. Communication Seine Bight, BelizeTaylor McCumber Track & Field Sr. Range/wildlife science George WestTonje Milde Basketball Sr. Natural gas engineering Boenes, NorwayValarie Moehrig Volleyball So. Interdisciplinary studies La VerniaTrevor Moses Football Fr. Criminology Corpus Christi (Calallen)Mariah Noyola Track & Field Fr. Management Harlingen (South)Matthew Priddy Football Fr. General business Orange GroveHenry Pryor Basketball So. Communications Alexandria, La.Daniel Ramirez Football Fr. Marketing HarlingenMarco Regaldo Athletic Trainer Grad Educational administration ZapataRyan Richardson Track & Field Sr. Management Houston (Clear Lake)Ashley Rivera Golf Sr. Environmental engineering McAllenBrittany Rodriguez Golf Fr. Chemical engineering Corpus Christi (Moody)Jacob Scarminach Football Jr. Management Ashland, Ore.Justin Smith Track & Field Jr. Kinesiology Yokohama, JapanShane Stehle Track & Field Fr. Kinesiology Orange GroveSebastian Taylor Football Fr. Industrial management IrvingDerek Tesch Track & Field Sr. Kinesiology BlancoKathy Trevino Track & Field Sr. Counseling/guidance Rio Grande CityMartina Urrutia Tennis Fr. General business Madrid, SpainEmily Vela Tennis Fr. Kinesiology Corpus Christi (Carroll)Bo Villarreal Football So. Management San Antonio (McCollum)Michelle Wagner Basketball Jr. Kinesiology Port LavacaJake Wallace Football So. Industrial management Victoria (West)Alexandria Wells Volleyball Jr. Psychology Austin (Bowie)Adelaide Wenzel Basketball So. Communication disorders Victoria (East)Jordan Woodward Football Fr. Management Houston (Cypress)Brett Zaccardo Volleyball Fr. Kinesiology Amarillo

Spring Athletes ToBe Recognized forAcademic Honor

Texas A&M-Kingsville athletes who made the Lone StarConference Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the spring semester will berecognized at the Javelina volleyball match Wednesday night in theSteinke Center.

The athletes had at least a 3.3 grade point average and had to beactive on the roster in their sport.

Sixty-three of the athletes and trainers are on the list.Eighteen of the honorees had perfect 4.00 grade point averages.These were:…John Arevalo, sophomore football player from Weslaco majoring

in criminal justice.…Meagan Cantu, sophomore golfer from Monte Alto (Edcouch-

Elsa) majoring in kinesiology.…Raul Castillo, freshman football player from McAllen (Rowe)

majoring in kinesiology.…Marija Dimitrovska, junior tennis player from Skopje, Macedonia

majoring in information systems.…Dylan Dimock, junior track and field athlete from Toronto,

Ontario, majoring in psychology.…Lance Elling, junior baseball player from San Antonio (O’Connor)

majoring in civil engineering.…Christian Garcia, junior football player from Eagle Pass majoring

in kinesiology.…Alex Lichtenberger, freshman cross country/track & field athlete

from Bishop (Academy) majoring in range and wildlife science.…Aundra Long, sophomore football player from Huntsville

majoring in history.…Rachel Longoria, freshman softball player from Hutto majoring in

communications disorders.…Bryce Martin, sophomore track and field athlete from Salado

majoring in civil engineering.…Taylor McCumber, senior track and field athlete from George

West majoring in range and wildlife science. …Marco Regaldo, grad athletic trainer from Zapata majoring in

educational administration.…Ashland Rivera, senior golfer from McAllen majoring in

environmental engineering.…Brittany Rodriguez, freshman golfer from Corpus Christi (Moody)

majoring in chemical engineering.…Shane Stehle, sophomore track and field athlete from Orange

Grove majoring in kinesiology.…Kathy Trevino, senior cross country/track and field athlete from

Rio Grande City majoring in counseling/guidance.…Brett Zaccardo, freshman volleyball player from Amarillo

(Bushland) majoring in kinesiology.

Avoiding the SidelinesJoe T’eo, 5-10, 220-pound senior running back from Fairfield, Calif.,avoid the sidelines for a gainer against Missouri S&T.

Blocking ActionJavelina players Haley Hutchinson, left, 6-1 freshman middle blockerfrom Georgetown (Rouse), and Valarie Moehrig, 5-10 junior outsidehitter from La Vernia, go up for a block in a match last weekend in theSteinke Center.

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillewomen’s tennis team will competein the Intercollegiate TennisAssociation South Central Regiontournament Friday, Saturday andSunday at the Anne Marie TennisCenter in San Antonio.

The squad was in theMidwestern State Invitational lastweekend in Wichita Falls.

This is the final competitionscheduled for the Javelinas thisfall.

The spring schedule beginsJan. 31.

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillemen’s and women’s cross countryteams will compete in the IslanderSplash Invitational Friday in thearea of Dugan Stadium on theTexas A&M-Corpus Christicampus.

The stadium is at 700 NileStreet.

The women’s 5K race is setfor 6:15 p.m. and the men’s 7.2K

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Tennis EntersITA RegionalTournament

X-Country Teams in Corpus Christi Meetevent will start at 6:45 p.m.

Teams from all NCAAclassifications are expected toparticipate.

It will be the second meet forthe Javelinas.

The Javelina men won a dualmeet against Texas A&MInternational in Laredo and thewomen were five points behindthe Dustdevils.

Michal Idziak, senior fromMosina, Poland,, won the men’stitle.

One Lone Star Conferenceteam in the NCAA Division IIfootball poll advanced last weekwhile a second one dropped afterlosing.

Angelo State moved to No. 8from No. 12 and Texas A&M-Commerce dropped from No. 18 toNo. 22.

The biggest drop came bydefending national championColorado State-Pueblo. It fell fromsecond to No. 13 after losing toLSC member West Texas A&M.

Ohio Dominican, which hadbeen No. 7, fell to No. 17 after aloss to Grand Valley (Mich.) State.

Midwestern State and WestTexas A&M barely missed the top25 but received votes.

NCAA Division II Football PollCompiled by the American

Football Coaches AssociationRank Team1. Minnesota State2. West Georgia3. Northwest Missouri4. Pittsburg (Kan.) State5. Ferris (Mich.) State6. Delta (Miss.) State7. Minnesota-Duluth8. Angelo State

One LSC Team in DII Football Poll

Lone Star Conference Football Power Poll

Compiled by LSCScoop.comRank Team1. Angelo State2. Texas A&M-Commerce3. Eastern New Mexico4. Midwestern State5. West Texas A&M6. Texas A&M-Kingsville7. Tarleton State

9. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)10. North Alabama11. Valdosta (Ga.) State12. Sioux Falls (S.D.)13. Colorado State-Pueblo14. Grand Valley (Mich.) State15. Colorado Mines16. Harding (Ark.)17. Ohio Dominican18. Slippery Rock (Pa.)19. Ashland (Ohio)20. Shepherd (W. Va.)21. Concord (W. Va.)22. Texas A&M-Commerce23. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)24. Tuskegee (Ala.)25. Humboldt (Calif.) State

Other teams receiving votesincludes Midwestern State and

West Texas A&M.(Bold-faced and italicized

teams are in the Lone StarConference).

2015 Javelina Remaining Volleyball ScheduleSept. 23 – Panhandle State (Okla.) in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 25 - *Texas Woman’s in Denton, 5 p.m.Sept. 27 - *Texas A&M-Commerce, 2 p.m.Sept. 29 – St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 7 p.m.Oct. 2 - *Angelo State in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Oct. 7 – New Mexico Highligihts in Goodwell, Okla., 4 p.m.Oct. 7 – Panhandle (Okla.) State in Goodwell, Okla., 7 p.m.Oct. 9 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 7 p.m.Oct. 10 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 12:30 p.m.Oct. 10 – Newman (Kan.) in Canyon, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 15 – St. Edward’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 23 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 3 p.m.Oct. 23 – Arkansas-Monticello in Wichita Falls, 5 p.m.Oct. 24 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 2 p.m.Oct. 28 – Texas A&M International in Laredo, 7 p.m.Oct. 30 - *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 31 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Nov. 3 – Texas A&M International in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Nov. 6 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m.Nov. 7 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 2 p.m.Nov. 13 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Nov. 14 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Nov. 19-21 - Lone Star Conference Championship Tournament at

No. 1 seed.*Lone Star Conference matches(Bold-faced and italicized matches are at home).

Lots of MusicThe Marching Javelina Band performs during pregame activities atlast weekend’s game in Javelina Stadium.

Safe at ThirdRoxanne Chapa, freshmancatcher from Mission(Sharyland), slides into third baseduring a scrimmage with CoastalBend College last weekend atHubert Field. The Javelinas willmeet the squad is anotherscrimmage later in Beeville andalso has a scrimmage with Texas-San Antonio in San Antonio thisfall.

Together AgainFormer Javelina basketballteammates, left to right, MikeWebb, Johnny Estelle and TitoOlivarez got together at lastweekend’s football game inJavelina Stadium. They were onteams in the mid-1990s. Estelleis the current head men’sbasketball coach for the Javeli-nas.

2015 Fall Women’s Remaining Tennis ScheduleSept. 25-26 – Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional

Tournament in San Antonio.

Spelling Out the Favorite TeamMembers of the Javelina flag corps wait in the end zone for the arrival of the football team prior to last weekend’s game in Javelina Stadium.

T-Room VolunteersMembers of the Javelina men’s basketball team serve T-Room members at halftime of last weekend’sfootball game in Javelina Stadium.

Color GuardMembers of the TAMUK ROTC present the colors prior to lastweekend’s game in Javelina Stadium. The unit performs the dutybefore each home game and also fires the cannon, “Old Smokey”, aftereach Javelina touchdown.

Texas A&M-Kingsville polevaulter Jordan Yamoah won asilver medal at the All-AfricaGames last week in Brazzaville,Congo.

Yamoah, senior fromArlington, N.Y., competed forGhana.

He cleared 17-1 and wassecond to Hickem Cherabi ofAlgeria, who cleared 17-2.

Yamoah has been an NCAADivision II and Lone StarConference champion with theJavelinas.

Earlier in the summer, Javelinahigh jumper Jeron Robinsoncompeted for Team USA in thePan American Games in Canadaand was fourth.

Other Javelina athletes in thePan American Games were KainaMartinez, competing for Belize, inthe 100-meter dash and SergioRios, competing for Mexico, in the400-meter hurdles.

Yamoah, Robinson andMartinez will be on the Javelinaindoor and outdoor track and fieldteams this school year.

Yamoah SecondIn Africa Games

Jordan Yamoah