VOLUME XX, NO. 36 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 APRIL 29, 2020

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Members of the 1970 Javelina track and field team pose with their trophy after winning the Lone StarConference championship for the second consecutive year. The squad is celebrating its 50th anniversarythis year. Left to right, front row, are Earnest Haynes, Ernest Price, Bob Daniels, Homer Martinez andJoseph Garza, and second row, WilliamO’Connor, Levi Johnson, David Hinojosa, David Weathersby, BobTumlinson and Tom Watson. Not pictured are Phelan Allee, Joe Bravenec, Charles Canales, Bill Chilcoat,Robert Gonzalez, Dwight Harrison and James Motz.

This spring is the 50th

anniversary of the 1970 Texas A&Imen’s track and field team winningthe Lone Star Conferencechampionship.

It was the second title in arow for the Javelinas.

Texas A&I hadn’t had an LSCtrack and field champion until the1969 squad swept to the title.

Many of the athletes on the1969 team were on the 1970championship roster.

The team got off to a goodstart by winning the BorderOlympics championship. TheOlympics were considered one ofthe top outdoor meets in thecountry.

The Javelina individuals setrecords at the McNeese (La.)Cowboy Relays, SouthwesternLouisiana Relays, Javelina Relays,Lone Star Conferencechampionship and the Meet ofChampions.

A state listing at the end of

Won Lone Star Conference Championship

1970 Track & Field Team Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Ken Kelley was head coach of the1970 track and field team thatwon the Lone Star Conferencechampionship. His 1969 squadalso took the title and was thefirst to win a conference champi-onship. He was the LSC coach ofthe year in 1969 and 1970.

the season that included allcolleges, junior colleges, highschools and track clubs, had theJavelinas with the third best timein the sprint medley relay, thedistance medley relay was fifthbest, the 880-yard relay sixth andthe 440-yard and two-mile relayswere seventh best in the state.

Individually, Earnest Hayneswas fifth best in the 440-yarddash, Robert Gonzalez was sixth inthe 880-yad run, Homer Martinezwas seventh in the two-mile,David Weathersby was eighthbest in the 120-yard high hurdlesand Bob Daniels was 11th in thehigh hurdles.

At the LSC meet, Daniels tied

his 120-yard high hurdle mark witha time of 14.0.

Haynes ran the fastest 440-yard dash time ever for an LSCathlete.

Gonzalez recorded the besttime ever by a conference athletewhen he ran the 880-yard run in1:50.3.

Nine school records fell.Martinez ran the two-mile run

in 9:16.0 and the six-mile in 31:18.4.Gonzalez had a 1:50.3 in the 880and Haynes a 46.8 in the 440.

The four Javelina relay teams,the 880-yard, sprint medley,distance medley and two-mile,broke records.

Several of the A&Iindividuals ranked among theNAIA and state leadersthroughout the season.

Ken Kelley, head coach of theJavelinas, was named the LSCspring sports coach for thesecond consecutive season andwas the NAIA district coach ofthe year.

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The three Harlon Hill Award trophies received by Javelina running back Johnny Bailey are on display inMcCulley Hall at Javelina Stadium. Bailey received the award, which goes to the NCAA Division II player ofthe year, in 1987, 1988 and 1989. He was runnerup as a freshman when he had his best season statistically.No other player has won the award as many as three times. Bailey is the most honored player in collegiatefootball history.

Maddi Chitsey of LubbockChristian has been named to theWomen’s Basketball CoachesAssociation NCAA Division IIAll-American women’s basketballteam.

Chitsey, 6-2 senior forwardfrom Wall, is the only Lone StarConference player on the firstunit.

Soteria Banks, 5-9 juniorguard at St. Mary’s from RoundRock (Stony Point); Deijah Blanks,5-10 grad forward at St. Edward’sfrom San Diego, Calif., and ChaniaWright, 5-8 junior guard at TexasA&M-Commerce from DeSoto,were on the honorable mentionlist.

LCU Women’sBasketball PlayerAll-American

EVEN THOUGH IT still isn’t clear as to when the collegeathletic teams will be able to resume their normal schedule, it’sencouraging to see many of the schools making plans for nextseason.

Football coaches are planning a possible early pre-seasonworkout schedule, and the volleyball squads are doing the same.

There is no absolute date when the drills will be able to start,but the fact that it’s time to begin making plans, even on a tentativebasis, creates the first excitement since all sports were halted inMarch.

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR the next week that have beencanceled are:

…The Lone Star Conference men’s and women’s track andfield championships in Canyon. They were to have been Thursday,Friday and Saturday.

…The Lone Star Conference softball tournament Friday andSaturday at the site of the No. 1 seed, which, hopefully, would havebeen the Javelinas. They were the defending champions of the LSCtitle, the LSC tournament, the NCAA Division II South CentralRegion and the NCAA Division II Super Regionals and were nationalrunnersup.

…The first round games of the Lone Star Conference baseballchampionships Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

…The NCAA Division II South Central Region women’s tennistournament Saturday and Sunday.

…The NCAA Division II West Region women’s golftournament in Carlsbad, Calif.

…And the start of the Lone Star Conference baseballchampionship series next Thursday at the site of the No. 1 seedwhich, hopefully, would have been the Javelinas.

THE KEVIN DOTSON who was drafted by the PittsburghSteelers is a cousin of former Javelina football player Earl Dotson.

Earl was drafted in the third round by the Green Bay Packersand was on the 1996 Packer world championship team and was onthe 1997 squad that reached the Super Bowl championship game.

THE JAVELINAS HAVE seven former players in the CollegeFootball Hall of Fame.

How distinctive is this?Only 0.02 percent of college football players and coaches have

been named to the College Football Hall of Fame.The Javelina members of the Hall are running back Johnny

Bailey, defensive back Darrell Green, coach Ron Harms, wideoutDwayne Nix, defensive lineman John Randle, quarterback RichardRitchie and coach Gil Steinke.

There are some obvious former Javelinas who deserve to be inthe Hall. One for sure is Pro Football Hall of Fame member GeneUpshaw. And there are others.

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*Lone Star Conference games/matches

June - (Javelina summer camps are usually scheduled for June andJuly. Camps will be held if the Coronavirus threat issolved. Dates will be announced at that time).

August - (The indoor volleyball and football preseason workoutsstart early in August. These dates will be announcedat a later date).

Sept. 4 - Indoor Volleyball: Angelo State Tournament in San Angelo.Sept. 5 - Football: Colorado State-Pueblo in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Indoor Volleyball: Angelo State Tournament in San Angelo.Sept. 10 - Indoor Volleyball: Ouachita (Ark.) Baptist in Arkadelphia,

Ark., 3 p.m.Sept. 11 - Indoor Volleyball: Southern Arkansas Tournament in Magnolia.Sept. 12 - Football: Western Oregon in Monmouth, Ore., 3:05 p.m. Indoor Volleyball: Southern Arkansas Tournament in Magnolia.Sept. 15 - Indoor Volleyball: St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Sept. 18 - Indoor Volleyball: *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., TBA.Sept. 19 - Football: *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Indoor Volleyball: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, TBA.Sept. 26 - Football: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 6 p.m. Indoor Volleyball: *Texas A&M International in Laredo, 1 p.m.Oct. 2 - Indoor Volleyball: *Angelo State in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Oct. 3 - Indoor Volleyball: *Lubbock Christian in Kingsville, 1 p.m.Oct. 7 - Indoor Volleyball: Westminster (Utah) in Salt Lake City, Utah,

6 p.m.Oct. 9 - Indoor Volleyball: *Texas Woman’s in Denton, TBA.Oct. 10 - Football: *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Indoor Volleyball: *Dallas Baptist in Dallas, TBA.Oct. 13 - Indoor Volleyball: Texas A&M International in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Oct. 16 - Indoor Volleyball: *Texas-Tyler in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Oct. 17 - Indoor Volleyball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 1 p.m. Football: Tarleton State in Stephenville, 6 p.m.Oct. 23 - Indoor Volleyball: *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M.,

6 p.m.Oct. 24 - Football: *Western New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Indoor Volleyball: *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, TBA.Oct. 30 - Indoor Volleyball: *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Oct. 31 - Indoor Volleyball: *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 1 p.m. Football: *West Texas A&M in Canyon, TBA.Nov. 3 - Indoor Volleyball: * St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 6 p.m.Nov. 6 - Indoor Volleyball: *St. Edward’s in Austin, TBA.Nov. 7 - Football: *Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Nov. 13 - Indoor Volleyball: *Oklahoma Christian in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Nov. 14 - Indoor Volleyball: *Arkansas-Fort Smith in Kingsville, 1 p.m. Football: *Angelo State in San Angelo, TBA.Nov. 17 - Indoor Volleyball: Lone Star Conference Tournament, first

round, at site of top seed.Nov. 19 - Indoor Volleyball: Lone Star Conference Tournament,

quarterfinals, at site of No. 1 team.Nov. 20 - Indoor Volleyball: Lone Star Conference Tournament,

semifinals, at site of No. 1 team.Nov. 21 - Indoor Volleyball: Lone Star Conference Tournament,

championship, at site of No. 1 team. Football: NCAA Division II Championships, first round, at

site of No. 1 seed.Nov. 28 - Football: NCAA Division II Championships, second round, at

site of No. 1 seed.Dec. 3-6 - Indoor Volleyball: NCAA Division II South Central Region

Tournament, at site of No. 1 seed.Dec. 10-12 - Indoor Volleyball: NCAA Division II Finals in Sioux Falls, S.D.

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Andres Landin, Texas A&M-Kingsville senior, was named theTexas Association of BasketballCoaches men’s basketballcollege division studentassistant coach of the year lastweek.

From Corpus Christi(Tuloso-Midway), he is a speechcommunications major with aminor in kinesiology.

He has served as a studentassistant coach and teammanager.

Other Lone Star Conferencecoaches and athletes recognizedby the TABC were Tom Brown ofWest Texas A&M, men’s headcoach of the year; Jason Burtonof Texas A&M-Commerce,women’s head coach of the year;Qua Grant of West Texas, men’splayer of the year, and MaddiChitsey of Lubbock Christian,women’s player of the year.

Stephen Ayala of St.Edward’s shared the studentassistant coach of the yearhonor with Landin.

Landin ReceivesTABC StudentCoach Award

Andres Landin

signed as free agents with NFL teams as of last weekend.Zimari Manning, wideout at Tarleton State, signed as a free

agent with the Denver Broncos.The other DII draftees or signees are Kyle Dugger of Lenoir-

Rhyne (N.C.), New England; Kyle Hinton of Washburn, Minnesota;Hinwa Allieu of Nebraska-Kearney, Atlanta; Auzoyah Alufohai ofWest Georgia, Houston; Andrew Dickinson of Findlay (Ohio),Arizona; Austin Edwards of Ferris (Mich.) State, Atlanta; JohnHurst of West Georgia, Tampa Bay; Rysen John of Simon Fraser(British Columbia), New York Giants; Brandon Kemp of Valdosta(Ga.) State, Tennessee; Jake Lacina of Augustana (S.D.),Minnesota; Devin Phelps of Shepherd (W. Va.), Arizona; MarvelleRoss of Notre Dame (Ohio), Jacksonville, and Tershawn Whartonof Missouri S&T, Kansas City.

PLAYERS DISQUALIFIED FOR targeting will be allowed toremain on the sidelines starting next season.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved the ruleschange last week.

Players flagged for targeting will remain disqualified for thegame. But instead of being ejected and required to go to the lockerroom, which had been the rule since 2013, players will be allowedto remain in the team area.

Players who have three targeting fouls in the same season aresubject to a one-game suspension.

The committee also approved a guideline for instant replayofficials to complete video reviews in less than two minutes.

Reviews that are exceptionally complicated or involve end-of-game issues should be completed as efficiently as possible without atime limit.

The rule was passed to increase the place of play.The panel approved a clock administration rule regarding instant

replay.If the game clock expires at the end of a half and replay

determines that there was time remaining and the clock should starton the referee’s signal after review, there must be at least threeseconds remaining, when the ball should have been declared dead,to restore time to the clock.

If less than three seconds remain on the clock, the half is over.The panel approved a rule that restricts the number of

teammates wearing the same jersey number to two.The rules regarding players using duplicate numbers continue to

require that they play different positions and aren’t on the field atthe same time.

The recommendation will reduce the confusion caused bymultiple players wearing the same number.

Players can wear “0” as a legal number.With concern about negative interactions between teams before

officials are required to be on the field, the panel approved a rulethat game officials’ jurisdiction of the contest begins 90 minutes

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2020 Javelina Volleyball ScheduleSept. 4 – Angelo State Tournament in San Angelo (Colorado-Mesa,

Western Colorado, Arkansas-Monticello, East Central Oklahoma,Angelo State, Texas A&M-Kingsville).

Sept. 5- Angelo State Tournament in San Angelo.Sept. 10 – Ouachita (Ark.) Baptist in Arkadelphia, Ark., 3 p.m.Sept. 11 – Southern Arkansas Tournament in Magnolia, Ark.

(Montevallo, Ala.; East Central Oklahoma, Southern Arkansas, TexasA&M-Kingsville).

Sept. 12 – Southern Arkansas Tournament in Magnolia, Ark.Sept. 15 – St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Sept. 18 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., TBA.Sept. 19 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Okla., TBA.Sept. 26 - *Texas A&M International in Laredo, 1 p.m.Oct. 2 - *Angelo State in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Oct. 3 - *Lubbock Christian in Kingsville, 1 p.m.Oct. 7 – Westminster (Utah) in Salt Lake City, Utah, 6 p.m.Oct. 9 - *Texas Woman’s in Denton, TBA.Oct. 10 - *Dallas Baptist in Dallas, TBA.Oct. 13 – Texas A&M International in Kingsville, 6 p..Oct. 16 - *Texas-Tyler in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Oct. 17 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 1 p.m.Oct. 23 - *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M., 6 p.m.Oct. 24 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, TBA.Oct. 30 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Oct. 31 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 1 p.m.Nov. 3 - *St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 6 p.m.Nov. 6 - *St. Edward’s in Austin, TBA.Nov. 13 - *Oklahoma Christian in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Nov. 14 - *Arkansas-Fort Smith in Kingsville, 1 p.m.Nov. 17-21 – Lone Star Conference Championships at No. 1 seed.*Lone Star Conference matches.Bold-faced and italicized matches are in the Steinke Center.

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1970 Javelina Track & Field RosterName Class HometownPhelan Allee Sr. Houston (Klein)Joe Bravenec Fr. Vanlderbilt (Industrial)Charles Canales Fr. FalfurriasBill Chilcoat Fr. Gregory-PortlandBob Daniels Jr Mount Vernon, N.Y.Joseph Garza So. Gregory-PortlandRobert Gonzalez So. FalfurriasDwight Harrison Jr. Beaumont (South Park)Earnest Haynes So. PalaciosDavid Hinojosa Sr. Laredo (Nixon)Levi Johnson Fr. Corpus Christi (Miller)Homer Martinez Sr. FalfurriasJames Motz Fr. KingsvilleWilliam O’Connor Jr. KingsvilleErnest Price Fr. Corpus Christi (Miller)Bob Tumlinson Sr. Crystal CityTom Watson So. Corpus Christi (Calallen)David Weathersby So. Agua DulceHEAD COACH: Ken Kelley

Texas A&I’s TopTrack & Field

Performers of 1970100-yard dash: 9.5, David

Hinojosa.220-yard dash: 21.5, Earnest

Haynes.440-yard dash: 46.8, Earnest

Haynes.880-yard run: 1:50.3, Robert

Gonzalez.Mile run: 4:12.3, Robert

Gonzalez.Two-mile run: 9:160, Homer

Martinez.Three-mile run: 14:39.0, Homer

Martinez.Six-mile run: 31:18.4, Homer

Martinez.120-yard high hurdles: 13.9,

David Weathersby.440-yard hurdles: 53.3,

Tommy Watson.Shot put: 50-10, Ernest Price.Discus: 167-1.5, Ernest Price.Long jump: 23-2.75, Levi

Johnson.High jump: 6-6, Levi Johnson.Javelin: 198-10, Bob

Tumlinson.Pole vault: 11-6, Joe

Bravenec.440-yard relay: 40.5, Bob

Daniels, Levi Johnson, DavidHinojosa, Earnest Haynes.

880-yard relay: 1:24.4, BobDaniels, Earnest Haynes, DavidHinojosa, William O’Connor.

Mile relay: 3:13.0, LeviJohnson, Joseph Garza, WilliamO’Connor, Earnest Haynes.

Two-mile relay: 7:40.9, CharlesCanales, Joseph Garza, HomerMartinez, Robert Gonzalez.

Sprint medley relay: 3:20.0,Bob Daniels, David Hinojosa,Earnest Haynes, Robert Gonzalez.

Distance medley relay: 9:48.7,Earnest Haynes, Joseph Garza,Homer Martinez, Robert Gonzalez.

JavelinaTrack & Field...Higher, Faster

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before kickoff, instead of the current 60 minutes.A proposal calls for a coach to be on the field during pregame

warm-ups when players are present, and all players are to beidentified by number.

LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes:…Kaitlin Teniente is the new head coach of esports at St.

Mary’s.A San Antonio native, she is believed to be one of the first

women to lead a collegiate esports program in the region.Also announced is the esports assistant coach Mack Moncada

and volunteer Carolina Fabela.Teniente has worked at Collegiate Star League as a community

coordinator and interned at Wizards of the Coast in Seattle, workingon its 2020 esports announcement and traveling to Barcelona,Spain, to assist the marketing team in gathering materials at aprofessional gaming event for future esports projects.

St. Mary’s esports will begin in the fall.The school was to have a new esports arena with the latest in

gaming technology but it has been delayed because of theCoronavirus threat.

Esports is also known as electronic sports and is a form ofsport competition using video games. It often takes the form oforganized, multiplayer video game competitions.

There are several esports college leagues and 175 schools aremembers of the National Association of Collegiate Esports and offerofficially recognized varsity esports programs.

These schools have coaches and offer partial or full athleticscholarships.

There are 314 schools with Tespa (Texas esports Association)chapters.

It was started in 2013 at the University of Texas and is nowheadquartered in Irvine, Calif.

Texas schools listed as members of Tespa are Concordia,McMurry, Schreiner, Texas-San Antonio, Texas Wesleyan, NorthTexas, Texas-Dallas and Wayland Baptist.

St. Edward’s had esports as a part of its intercollegiate programbut recently reduced it to a club sport.

…Scott Larson has been named director of athletics atLubbock Christian after serving on an interim basis for severalmonths.

He becomes the third athletic director in the athleticdepartment’s history.

He joined the Lubbock Christian athletic department in June2012 to facilitate the school’s transition to NCAA Division II.

From Topeka, Kan., Larson has more than 20 years of NCAAcompliance experience including positions at Arizona State, theUniversity of Wisconsin, Texas-El Paso and Northern Arizona.

He is currently the chair of NCAA Division II LegislationCommittee and a member of the NCAA Board of Governors Federal

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Javelina athletic trainer Willie Gipson, left, and football players Dan St. Leger, center, and Kent Allee havetheir cameras on ready as they tour Vienna, Austria, during the Javelina team’s three-week exbibition tripto Europe in 1976. Vienna was the site of one of the exhibition games along with Mannheim, Germany;Berlin, Germany; Nuremberg, Germany and Paris, France.

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& State Legislative Working Group for Name, Image and Likeness.He was the 2019 recipient of the 2019 National Association for

Athletics Compliance Division II Excellence Award.Larson is a graduate of the University of Tulsa and has a

master’s degree from Arizona State.…West Texas A&M has a series of interactive Zoom meetings

with head coaches in April and May.The series started April 9 and runs through the end of May.The series is each Tuesday and Thursday.

NCAA DIVISION II notes:…A story from Chadron (Neb.) State stated that the school’s

football coaches and players are perplexed with the canceling ofspring football practice.

“There’s always been spring football in one form or another forat least 50 years,” the story stated. “It’s the way things are done toprepare for next season.”

The Chadron coaches have been developing a playbook for the2020 season, preparing for the camps they annually host for highschool teams in June and are looking ahead to recruiting 2021 highschool seniors and junior college players.

The coaches have been involved in professional developmentlike sharing drills and techniques on-line with other coaching staffs.

Since football is a complicated game, spring practice is highlyregarded at the college level,” the article stated. “It allows coachesto find the players to replace last fall’s seniors, perhaps make someposition changes, develop depth by helping young players get readyto take the field, install some new scheme, etc.”

The team’s defensive coordinator said, “We’ll be all right if theplayers stay away from this nasty disease and come back in shape.They don’t learn nearly as well if they’re not in shape and are tiredduring practice.”

“I’m telling them to put their phones down, forget aboutplaying video games and turn off the TV,” the coach said. “Theyneed to make sure they are keeping up with their studies. That andstaying in shape are their main jobs.”

…South Dakota School of Mines has a situation similar to theJavelinas’ head football coach Mike Salinas.

He is in his first year as head of the school’s football programand he has been able to move to Rapid City where the school islocated.

He is in Maryville, Mo., where he was an assistant coach atNorthwest Missouri State for 14 years.

He will be in Maryville until the shutdown at his new school ends.Like other schools, he is doing his coaching via electronics.“It’s been a challenge in regards to trying to get our program

established without having spring football practice, there’s nodoubt,” he said. “Our staff has done a very good job of gettingthe electric items we are able to use via email, Google Classroomand Zoom. We’re getting everything that we need so we can stillgo about our spring ball, just like where we would be on the field.

The Mines coaches get about eight hours a week with theplayers for their meetings. Each coach is meeting electronicallyonce a day, every other day, via email, text or by Zoom.

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Tyrese PattersonJezell Shows

The Texas A&M-Kingsvilleathletic teams continued to addsignees last week.

Taylor Chaney, sprinter atFort Bend Hightower High School,signed with the men’s track andfield team.

He is the third signee fromHightower thus far this season.Signing earlier were EhizefuaOboh and Jaqualon Scott.

Mia Cherry, 5-8 guard fromBrock and Blinn College, signedwith women’s basketball.

She was Texas Girls HighSchool Coaches Association all-state and was Texas Associationof Basketball Coaches all-regionand played on its all-star team.

Cherry was named the mostvaluable player in her district inhigh school.

Her Brock team reached thestate semifinals.

Christopher Lingo, 5-11pitcher from Copperas Cove,signed with the Javelina baseballsquad.

He had a 1.88 earned runaverage and 61 strikeouts whilefacing 190 batters.

Lingo was named to the All-District 12-6A first unit.

Javelina Athletic Teams Continue to Add Signees for 2020-21Tyrese Patterson, 6-3 guard

from Harlem, N.Y., and NavarroCollege, will join the men’sbasketball team.

This past season, heaveraged 9.6 points. 4.3rebounds,3.9 assists and 3.0 steals a game atNavarro.

His father, Kenny Patterson,is a former player in the NationalBasketball League.

Jezell Shows is a track andfield multi-event participant fromComal (Smithson Valley).

She participated in threemeets this spring and ran on the1600-meter relay unit that wasexpected to reach the Class 6Astate meet. She also participatedin the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meterhurdles, long jump and triple jumpin the early meets.

Shows ran on the Class 6Astate finalist 1600-meter relay unitin 2019, was on the 1600-meterrelay regional finalist team in 2018and was on the 800-meter relay asa freshman.

She has competed in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles,high jump, long jump and triplejump in high school.

Shows has been coached atSmithson Valley by formerJavelina director of sportsinformation Shane Meling.

Matt Vasquez, left handedpitcher from San AntonioSouthwest High School andRichland College, signed with theJavelina baseball team.

2019-20 Javelina SigneesBaseball

Christopher Lingo, pitcherfrom Copperas Cove.

Mason Longoria, pitcher fromVictoria (St. Joseph’s).

Jackson Teer, pitcher fromSan Antonio (Johnson).

Garrett Thompson, infielder/catcher from New Braunfels.

Matt Vasquez, lefthandedpitcher from San AntonioSouthwest and Richland College.

Beach VolleyballJulianna Jackson, 5-9, Bonner

Springs, Kan. (Nebraska-Kearney).

Olivia Nicholson, 6-0, NorthPlatte, Neb., and Colorado State.

Caitlin Willson, 5-9, Antonio(Johnson).

FootballJackson Allen, WR, 6-3, 165,

Fr., Sinton.Christian Armstrong, OL, 6-7,

280, Fr., Bridgeport.Demarcus Barlow, RB, 5-11,

195, Fr., Houston (Davis).Jacob Cavazos, QB, 5-11, 175,

Fr., Weslaco.Will Chapman, OL, 6-7, 280,

Fr., Junction.Cassius Clay, WR, 6-1, 175,

Fr., Corpus Christi (Miller)

Matt Dixon, TE, 6-2, 225, Fr.,San Marcos.

Bryson Dyer, WR, 6-0, 185,Fr., New Braunfels.

Kingsley Ejiofor, OL, 6-4, 270,Fr., Houston (Alief Taylor)

Stephen Figures, CB, 6-1, 200,Jr., Bakersfield, Calif. (BakersfieldCollege)

Gilbert Garza, K, 5-10, 175, Fr.,Weslaco (East)

Joshua Gidrey, RB, 6-0, 210,Fr., Corpus Christi (John Paul II)

Carlos Gonzalez, OL, 6-3 270,Fr., Laredo (United).

KeAon Griffin, RB, 6-0, 190,Fr., Victoria (St. Joseph).

Anthony Guerera, DT, 5-11,285, Fr., Corpus Christi (VeteransMemorial)

Sevan Guidry, RB, 5-9, 220,Fr., Houston (Eisenhower).

Roger Hagan, RB, 5-11, 180,Fr., Houston (Northshore).

Micah Hare, OL, 6-5, 315, Fr.,Cleveland (Tarkington).

Demarcus Hendricks, DE, 6-4,240, Fr., San Antonio (Wagner)

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Page 7 Mia Cherry

Amanda DeFrees has been named a recipient of the Lone StarConference Sports Information Student Academic Award.

The Texas A&M-Kingsville sophomore from San Antonio wasrecognized as a sports information student worker who devotes manyhours to assist with the operation of the athletic department whilefinding time to excel in the classroom.

To be eligible for the LSC award, sports information students musthave at least a 3.3 grade point average with a minimum of 24 hours at the

nominating institution.

Amanda DeFrees

DeFrees Receives LSC SportsInformation Student Academic Award

(Continued from Page 6)Fr., Pflugerville (Hendrickson).

Rod Hudson, RB, 5-10, 190,Fr., Dallas (South Oak Cliff).

Branon Jackson, OL, 6-4, 275,Fr., San Antonio (Brennan).

Raymond Jackson, OL, 6-3,270, Fr., San Antonio (Madison).

Evan Kelly, OL, 6-4, 310, Fr.,Port Arthur (Memorial).

Jakari Landry, LB, 6-0 205, Fr.,Houston (Hightower).

Darian Mayberry, CB, 5-11,190, Fr., Floresville.

Akeem McAdams, CB, 5-8,185, Fr., Dallas (South Oak Cliff).

Jordan McGuire, LB, 6-0, 200,Fr., Houston (King)

Kalijah Michael, LB, 6-0, 225,Fr., San Antonio (Holy Cross).

Frank Miller, LB, 6-2, 205, Fr.,Houston (Marshall).

Daniel Mulonda, DB, 5-11,160, Fr., Houston (King).

Jonas Ortiz, Ath, 6-2, 185, Fr.,McAllen (Rowe).

Corey Pargmann, TE/DE, 6-3,

210, Fr., Yorktown.Gilbert Partida, OL, 6-3, 295,

Fr., Kyle (Lehman).Kobe Piper, RB, 5-10, 195, Fr.,

Corpus Christi (VeteransMemorial).

Rafael Recio, OL, 6-3, 295, Fr.,Brownsville (Pace).

Ivan Reed, DT, 6-2, 280, Fr.,San Antonio (Sam Houston).

Sterling Riles, CB, 6-1, 175, Fr.,

StaffordJacoby Lee Robinson, WR, 5-

10, 175, Fr., Victoria (St. Joseph).Kevin Rojas, WR, 6-1, 180, Fr.,

Edinburg (Vela).Seven Sanchez, S, 5-9, 170,

Fr., Pharr (Pharr-San Juan-AlamoNorth).

Garri Smith, OL, 6-4, 300, Fr.,Houston (Village School).

Avante Stevens, CB, 5-10,165, Fr., San Antonio (Wagner).

Keion Thomas, CB, 6-1, 165,Fr., San Antonio (Brennan).

La’Darrin Thomas, WR, 5-10,160, Fr., Navasota.

Darryon Tolefree, WR, 5-10,175, San Antonio (Brennan).

Chris Turner, DB, 6-0, 185, Fr.,Del Valle.

Demond Woods, OL, 6-3, 290,Fr., Houston (North Forest).

Men’s BasketballDerek Luna, 6-3 guard,

Mission (Pioneer).Tyrese Patterson, 6-3 guard,

Harlem, N.Y., and Navarro College.Ja Robertson, 6-8 center,

Missouri City (Hightower).Softball

Anika Barbosa, utility player,Cayuga ( Navarro College).

Breana Carr, outfielder,Kingsville (Academy).

Katelyn Casey, catcher,Hutto.

Lizette Del Angel, pitcher,Corpus Christi (Calallen).

Janae Giruard, pitcher andfirst baseman, Galveston (Ball).

Kyla Gonzales, infielder, SanAntonio (East Central).

Anissa Lechner, infielder andoutfielder, McKinney (Boyd).

Elizabeth Montes, pitcher,San Antonio (MacArthur).

Sarah Montes, catcher andoutfielder, San Antonio(MacArthur).

Audrey Rodriguez, shortstop/outfielder, Ingleside.

Allie Touchstone, catcher,Jourdanton.

VolleyballShelby Draker, 5-10 right side/

outside hitter, San Antonio(Brandeis).

Ayanna Jackson, 5-10 middleblocker/outside hitter, SanAntonio (Harlan).

Madeleine Stolzer, 5-7 setter,San Antonio (Reagan).

Women’s BasketballMia Cherry, 5-8 guard, Broek

and Blinn CollegeAnnelise Dominguez, 5-8

guard, El Paso (Chapin).Rebekah Hailey, 5-10 guard ,

College Station.Janessa Payne, 5-10 center,

Aledo (All-Saints Episcopal).Brianna Pena, 5-8 guard,

Weslaco and Hill College.Mia Rivers, 5-8 guard, College

Station.Jayde Tschrittere, 5-7 guard,

Corpus Christi (DME, Fla., Academy).Devon Williams, 6-1 forward

from Gonzales.Women’s Golf

Founded in1931...

The OldestConference

In theLone Star State!

Javelina Athletic Teams Continue to Add Signees for 2020-21Olivia Vargas, Austin (Lake

Travis).Women’s Tennis

Jana Knaab, Stuttgart,Germany.

Alessa Maier, Hechingen,Germany.

Milieu Ter Morsche,Netherlands.

Noemi Sante, Dusseldorf,Germany.

Track & FieldTaylor Chaney, Missouri City

(Fort Bend Hightower).Mackenzie Contreras,

Edcouch-Elsa.Kennedy Crystian, Cedar HillBreanna Despanie, Houston

(Davis).Dylan Garza, Orange Grove.Katryna Hernandez,

Skidmore-Rynan.Ehizefua Oboh, Missouri City

(Fort Bend Hightower)Jaqualon Scott, Missouri City

(Fort Bend Hightower)Jezell Shows, Comal

(Smithson Valley).Melonie Thomas, Seguin

(Navarro).

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2020 Javelina Athletes, Staff Members Candidates for Graduation

Alex CanulBaseball

Maelee SowaBeach Volleyball

Austin De LeonBaseball

Hayden FailsBaseball

Donovan LewisBaseball

Braden ShieldsBaseball

Josh ValdezBaseball

Zach WilsonBaseball

Tyler CrouchBaseball

Kadi ShipmanBeach Volleyball

Jacob AmarFootball

Armando CastilloFootball

Leandre DeyerFootball

Jalen HarrisonFootball

Troy IrbyFootball

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Samuel LopezFootball

Joseph ParidaFootball

Shawn SimsFootball

Alan SmithFootball

Nicholas StiffFootball

Wyatt TrahanFootball

Kyle WilliamsFootball

Kai YoungbergFootball

Cris BolewareMen’s Basketball

Alex MillsMen’s Basketball

Jacolby HarrisMen’s Basketball

Matt PresseyMen’s Basketball

Robert StevensonMen’s Basketball

2020 Javelina Athletes, Staff Members Candidates for Graduation

Marckenley BelonyMen’s Track & Field

Hilario GarciaMen’s Track & Field

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2020 Javelina Athletes, Staff Members Candidates for Graduation

Arturo HuertaMen’s Track & Field

Lane MichnaMen’s Track & Field

Todd NicholasMen’s Track & Field

Jerald HoneycuttMen’s Track & Field

Sydney AndrewsSoftball

Madison EtzlerSoftball

Matthew BoxStremgth & Conditioning

Melina SanchezSoftball Grad Assistant

Chase BrittGrad Assistant Trainer

Marvallee HinsonGrad Assistant Trainer

Alicia MartinezGrad Assistant Trainer

Ashley PorterGrad Assistant Trainer

Katelyn WattsGrad Assistant Trainer

Melanie CasteelVolleyball

Shelby SprinklesVolleyball

2020 Javelina Athletes, Staff Members Candidates for Graduation

Madison CrawfordWomen’s Basketball

Kristina KanaWomen’s Basketball

Victoria SalinasWomen’s Basketball

Bailey BlezingerWomen’s Golf

Rachelle NielsenWomen’s Golf

Jennifer BernalWomen’s Track & Field

LaGae BriganceWomen’s Track & Field

De’Stini HendersonWomen’s Track & Field

Victoria JaimeWomen’s Track & Field

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Madeleina MaltaisWomen’s Track & Field

Taylor McKinneyWomen’s Track & Field

Sophie MorrowWomen’s Track & Field

Carnecia ScottWomen’s Track & Field

Valerie TellezWomen’s Track & Field

Stephanie BaermanWomen’s Tennis

Viktoriia RomanovskaiaWomen’s Tennis

Seniors not pictured areTim Edwards, football;Shyenne Hicks, sofball;Jose Martinez, assis-tant football equipmentmanager; RubenRiojas, football studentequipment manager;Gabriella San Miguel,grad assistant tainer;Samuel Tedtman, gradassistant trainer;Lesley Cluis, women’strack and field; VictoriaPosada, women’s trackand field.

2020 Javelina Football ScheduleSept. 5 - Colorado State-Pueblo in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 12 - Western Oregon in Monmouth, Ore., 3:05 p.m.Sept. 19 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 26 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 6 p.m.Oct. 3 - OpenOct. 10 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 - Tarleton State in Stephenville, 6 p.m.Oct. 24 - *Western New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 31 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, TBA.Nov. 7 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Nov. 14 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, TBA.*Lone Star Conference games.

Javelina head football coach Ron Harms, left, receives a Lone Star Conference football championship trophyduring his tenure as head of the Javelina program. In his 21 seasons as head coach, Harms had 10 LSCtitle teams. The squad won the NAIA national championship in 1979 and reached the NCAA Division IIchampionship game in 1994, the semifinals four times, the quarterfinals once and the first round threeother occasions.

Javelina head volleyball coach Janet Bridges, center, with players Janet Friedrichs, left, and Rosie Mendozaas they prepare for an invitational volleyball tournament in 1981.

Five Texas A&M-Kingsville athletic trainers were named 2019-20Lone Star Conference Athletic Training Student Academic Awardrecipients last week.

The conference recognizes student athletic trainers who devotehours to assist with the operation of the athletic department while alsoexcelling in the classroom.

To be eligible, trainers must have at least a 3.3 grade point averagewith a minimum of 24 semester hours at the nominating institution.

The Javelina honorees are Chase Britt, grad student fromAlexandria, Ky., majoring in health and kinesiology; Ianna Leon-Guerrero, grad student from Albuquerque, N.M., majoring in health andkinesiology; Alicia Martinez, senior from San Antonio majoring in healthand kinesiology; Ashley Porter, grad student from Donna majoring ineducation administration, and Katelyn Watts, grad student fromOntario, Canada, majoring in health and kinesiology.

Five Athletic TrainersReceive Academic Awards

Lubbock Christian wasranked in the NCAA Division IIwomen’s basketball poll releasedby Herosports.com last week.

Other Lone Star Conferenceteams in the poll were TexasA&M-Commerce No. 18 and WestTexas A&M No. 19.

West Texas A&M was rankedNo. 6 in the Herosports.com men’sbasketball poll.

The St. Edward’s men wereranked No. 23.

Drury (Mo.) was the top teamin the women’s poll and LincolnMemorial (Tenn.) was the No. 1men’s squad.

There was no nationalchampion determined this season.The national playoffs were canceledbecause of the Coronavirus threat.

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillemen were selected to play in theNCAA Division II South CentralRegion tournament but it was oneof the NCAA events canceled.

LSC Teams Ranked in Final Polls

Chris Ballard, former Javelina football coach, took part in the National Football League draft lastweek from his home. Ballard is the general manger for the Indianapolis Colts. Another formerJavelina athletic staff member, Ed Dodds, left, is the assistant general manager for the Colts andis a Kingsville native. He also played a key role in the Colts’ draft selections. He is the son ofScott and Jane Dodds. The commentators and sportswriters have reported that the Colts had oneof the best drafts among the NFL teams.

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Work has been completed on the Javelina Stadium West side seats that were damaged by a storm. Thesections with the seats was closed during the 2019 football season and are now ready for the upcomingcampaign.

The NCAA Division II Management Council voted last week torecommend the Presidents Council sponsor a proposal for the 2021NCAA Convention to allow access to institutional athletics aid to allincoming freshman student-athletes and two-year college transfersregardless of their initial-eligibility status.

The proposal, which came from the Division II AcademicRequirements Committee, would amend Division II eligibility legislationin a permissive fashion.

Currently, all incoming freshmen athletes and two-year transferswho are non-qualifiers are not permitted to receive athletic aid duringtheir first academic year unless an initial-eligibility waiver is approved.

During the past three certification cycles, 97 percent of allrequested initial-eligibility waivers were granted.

This legislative proposal would permit schools to provideinstitutional athletic aid without a waiver.

Providing such aid still would be up to the schools, and any athleticaid provided to a non-qualifier would count toward team equivalencylimits.

The Management Council also voted to recommend establishing apolicy that applies a ”one-for-one” statistical penalty to any team underconsideration for postseason selection whose schedule has exceededthe maximum number of contests during that season.

NCAA DII Proposes AllowingAccess to Athletic Aid For All

Freshmen, Juco Transfers