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KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363VOLUME XVIII, NO. 2 AUG. 16, 2017

Javelinas in GoldDarrell Green, left, and John Randle, Javelina members of the ProFootball Hall of Fame, don their gold jackets at the recent Hall of Fameinduction in Canton, Ohio. A third Javelina in the Hall is the lateEugene Upshaw. Only two universities in Texas have had more induct-ees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame than the Javelinas.

Redshirt FreshmanCade Dyal, 5-11, 195-poundfreshman from Kerrville (Tivy), isa redshirt quarterback with theJavelinas this fall. He and histeammates opened workouts lastweek, preparing for the Sept 2season opener with CentralWashington in Javelina Stadium.Dyal is the son of former Javelinatight end Mike Dyal.

The annual RivieraCommunications and Gulf CoastBroadband Javelina ClubBarbecue and Auction is set for5:30 p.m. Saturday at the J.K.Northway Coliseum in Kingsville.

The social and silent auctionis set for 5:30, a barbecue dinnerwith all the trimmings is set for6:30 and the athlete rally and liveauction will start at 7 p.m.

Javelina ClubBBQ Saturday

Volleyball To Take on Alumni Team SaturdayThe Texas A&M-Kingsville

volleyball team, which opens itspreseason workouts Monday, willtake on an alumni unit at 2 p.m.Saturday in the Steinke Center.

The game will serve as a partof Saturday’s schedule thatincludes the annual RivieraCommunications and Gulf CoastBroadband Javelina Barbecue andAuction at 5:30 p.m. at the J.K.Northway Coliseum.

The alums will be facing aJavelina team that has all of itsstatistical leaders back from 2016.

This includes eightletterwinners:

…Madison Brabham, 5-11junior hitter from Humble(Kingwood).

…Krystal Faison, 5-7 senior

outside hitter from San Antonio(Judson).

…Haley Hutchinson, 6-1 juniormiddle blocker from Georgetown(Rouse).

…Casey Klobedans, 5-10 seniorsetter from Boerne (Champion).

…Taliah Phipps, 5-7 sophomoresetter from San Antonio (Brennan).

…Courtney Rabius, 5-9sophomore outside hitter from CatSpring (Sealy).

…Kelby Sprinkles, 5-9sophomore outside hitter from LittleRiver (Academy).

…Alexis Wick, 6-2 senior middleblocker from Leander (Rouse).

Faison and Wick were All-Lone Star Conference first teamlast fall.

The coaching staff alsoreturns intact: Head coach TanyaAllen, assistant coaches JoeMorales and Gary Payne andgraduate assistant coachStephanie Johns.

Among the alums expected to

return are middle blocker AshleyBukowski, setter Sondra Cui,setter Sarah Fountain, outsidehitter Bethany Friesenhahn,middle blocker Laura Macek, hitterLisa O’Connor, middle blockerWhitney Roth, middle blockerAshley Tipps and middle blockerAlex Wells.

Middle blocker Johns is alsoexpected to join the alums.

The Javelinas are preparingfor their season opener Sept. 1with New Mexico Highlands inSan Angelo.

They will take on ColoradoChristian, Limestone (N.C.) andHighlands for a second time in theAngelo State meet.

The Javelinas won’t opentheir home slate until Sept. 12when they host St. Mary’s.

NCAA Division II SuperRegion 4, in which the Lone StarConference is a member infootball, will have a new look thisfall.

It has become more westernwith the addition of the GreatNorthwest Collegiate Conferenceand the Northern SunIntercollegiate Conference.

The LSC and RockyMountain Athletic Conferenceremain in the region.

Gone from the region are theGreat Lakes IntercollegiateAthletic Conference and the GreatLakes Valley Conference.

For the past several years, theregion has ranged from upperMichigan and Ohio to California

Changes Made In NCAA DIIFootball Regional Alignment

and Utah. Now the area covers asmaller area.

The region will have lessteams competing for thepostseason playoff spots. Therewere 47 football teams in theregion in the past and there will be41 this year.

And the number of teamsselected for postseason play fromall regions will increase from six toseven this year.

The top-seeded team will geta first-round bye while No. 7 willplay at No. 2, No. 6 will travel toNo. 3, and No. 4 will host No. 5 inthe opening round.

There are four super regionsin Division II and each plays for a

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Javelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs

2016Live United Bowl

ChampionTexas A&M-Kingsville

Javelinas

Mouthpiece FittingDr. Roger Campos, dentist in San Antonio and Javelina alum, gets animpression for a mouthpiece for a Javelina football player last week.He does the fitting annually for the Javelinas.

JAVELINA DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Brandon Jones wasnamed to the NCAA Division II preseason All-American second unitselected by Herosports.com.

Two Lone Star Conference players, both from Texas A&M-Commerce, were on the first unit: quarterback Luis Perez andoffensive lineman Jared Machorro.

Also on the first unit was linebacker Kevin Haynes of CentralWashington. The Javelina offense will see Haynes in the Sept. 2season opener between the Javelinas and Wildcats in JavelinaStadium.

FORMER JAVELINA BASKETBALL player Mike Webb is anew assistant superintendent in the Tomball Independent SchoolDistrict.

Webb was with the Javelinas in 1995-98.

THE NCAA HAS adopted The Basketball Tournament’s post-game bracket celebration.

After games, the winning team goes over to a giant replica ofthe tournament’s bracket. A member of the team moves a cardwith the team’s name ahead to the next round of the meet.

David Worlock, the NCAA’s director of media coordination,said, “Yes, we’re doing it. I noticed in the tournament and like theidea. A few weeks ago, there was some chatter on Twitter fromsome of members of the media, saying they wished we would do itduring our tournament. So I wasn’t the only person who thought itwas a cool idea.”

Worlock said the enlarged version of the NCAA tournamentwould most likely be located outside the post-game pressconference area.

ON SUNDAY, I begin my 50th year as a member of the Javelinaathletic staff.

My first day in Kingsville was Aug. 20, 1968.It has been an unbelievable period.My tenure with the Javelinas has carried me to five different

countries, to most states in the U.S. including Hawaii, has allowedme to work with some of the greatest coaches and athletes in thehistory of college athletics, has afforded me the chance to coversome of the most successful teams in collegiate history, and hasgiven me the opportunity to become friends with thousands ofathletes, coaches and fans.

One particular acquaintance was Joan Howe, who became mywife in 1969.

The javelina has become my favorite animal. Blue and gold aremy favorite colors. Jalisco is my favorite song.

I don’t think there has ever been another athletic publicist whohas been blessed with more than I’ve received in Kingsville.

KEVIN HAYNES, 6-1, 228-pound linebacker at CentralWashington, was picked as one of the top five NCAA Division IIdefensive players who have a chance at claiming the 2017 HarlonHill Trophy. (Continued on Page 3)

The Lone Star ConferencePresidents Council voted to expandthe league baseball postseasonplayoff field to six teams beginningnext spring.

Only four have been involvedthe past several years.

The playoffs will be singleelimination instead of the doubleelimination format used with fourteams participating.

The top two teams in the finalstandings will receive first-roundbyes while No. 3 takes on No. 6 andNo. 4 will play No. 5 in the openinground.

The playoff winner receivesthe LSC’s automatic berth in theNCAA Division II national playoffs.

Since starting itsintercollegiate baseball program in1993, Texas A&M-Kingsville haswon conference championships in1996, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2014 and2015. The postseason playoffswere initiated in 2012 and theJavelinas won the title in 2013.

Seven of the 10 LSC schoolswith men’s sports have baseballprograms.

These are Angelo State,Cameron, Eastern New Mexico,Tarleton State, Texas-Permian Basin,Texas A&M-Kingsville and WestTexas A&M.

Midwestern State, TexasA&M-Commerce and Western NewMexico are conference memberswith men’s programs but do nothave baseball teams.

LSC Baseball Playoffs Expand to Six

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Upcoming Javelina EventsAug. 19 – Volleyball: Javelinas vs. alumni team in Kingsville, Steinke

Center, 2 p.m. General: Riviera Communications & Gulf Coast Broadband

Javelina Club Annual Kickoff BBQ in Kingsville,Northway Coliseum, 5:30- p.m.

Aug. 26 - Women’s Golf: Inaugural Golf Tournament in Kingsville,L.E. Ramey Golf Course, benefiting the women’s golfteam, 9 a.m. registration and 10 a.m. shotgun start.

Sept. 1 – Volleyball: New Mexico Highlands in San Angelo, 9:30 a.m. Volleyball: Colorado Christian in San Angelo, 2:30 p.m.

Sept. 2 – Football: Central Washington in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (KingsvilleCommunity and Military Appreciation Weekend).

Volleyball: Limestone (N.C.) in San Angelo, 9:30 a.m. Volleyball: New Mexico Highlands in San Angelo, 2:30 p.m. Men’s/Women’s Cross Country: Patriot Opener in Dallas

(Dallas Baptist host).Sept. 6 – Volleyball: Sioux Falls (S.D.) in Sioux Falls, S.D., 4 p.m.

Volleyball: Augustana (S.D.) in Sioux Falls, S.D., 7:30 p.m.Sept. 8 – Volleyball: Western (Colo.) State in Kearney, Neb., 10 a.m.

Volleyball: Northwestern Oklahoma in Kearney, Neb., 1 p.m.Sept. 9 – Volleyball: Southeastern Oklahoma in Kearney, Neb., 10 a.m.

Volleyball: Nebraska-Kearney in Kearney, Neb., 6 p.m. Football: Simon Fraser in Burnaby, British Columbia, 3 p.m.

Sept. 12 – Volleyball: St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 15 – Volleyball: *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 6 p.m.Sept. 16 – General: Javelina high school boys and girls cross country

meet in Kingsville, L.E. Ramey Golf Course, 8 a.m. Football: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 7 p.m. Volleyball: *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M., 6 p.m. Men’s/Women’s Cross Country: Missouri Southern

Stampede in Joplin, Mo.Sept. 22 – General: Javelina Hall of Fame and Champions Banquet in

Kingsville, Memorial Student Union Buildingballrooms, 5:30 p.m..

Volleyball: *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Men’s/Women’s Cross Country: Islander Splash in Corpus

Christi (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi host).Sept. 23 – General: Fred and Joan Nuesch Scholarship Endowment

Brunch in Kingsville, Memorial Student UnionBuilding ballrooms, 11 a.m. (Celebrating thebeginning of the 50th year of Nuesch being on theJavelina athletic staff).

Football: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 7 p.m.(Hispanic Heritage/Hall of Fame and ChampionWeekend).

Volleyball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 2 p.m. Men’s/Women’s Cross Country: Texas A&M Invite in

College Station.Sept. 29 – Volleyball: *Angelo State in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 30 – Volleyball: *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.

Football: *Angelo State in San Angelo, 6 p.m.Oct. 6 – Volleyball: *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 7 p.m.Oct. 7 – Football: *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Family

Weekend). Volleyball: *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 2 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: Incarnate Word

Invitational in San Antonio.Oct. 13 – Volleyball: *Cameron in Kingsville, 7 p.m.*Lone Star Conference games/matchesBold-faced dates are in Kingsville.

Mikey Bielamowicz has beennamed a graduate assistant for theTexas A&M-Kingsville baseballteam.

A native of Groesbeck, heplayed at Mary Hardin-Baylor andhas been an assistant at NortheastMississippi Community Collegefor the past year.

Bielamowicz is the son ofCary Bielamowicz of Groesbeckand Denise Dean of Houston.

BielamowiczBaseball GradAssistant Coach

Mikey Bielamowicz

The trophy goes to the DII player of the year and has gone to adefensive player only once.

Haynes, from Battle Ground, Wash., has been a first-team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference player for three consecutiveyears and had 110 tackles for last season. Nineteen were for lossesand he had four sacks.

The Javelina offense will see Haynes in the Sept. 2 seasonopener when the Wildcats come to Javelina Stadium.

SPEAKING OF CENTRAL Washington, the Wildcat footballteam had to move its practices last weekend to Eastside CatholicHigh School in Sammamish, Wash., due to the unhealthy air qualityin Ellensburg, where CWU is located.

The poor air quality was caused by wildfires in BritishColumbia and in the Ellensburg area.

Sammamish is 100 miles northwest of Ellensburg and a suburbof Seattle.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON WILL hold its second annual fanday Saturday in Ellensburg.

Wildcat athletes and coaches from football, volleyball, women’ssoccer, cross country and women’s rugby will meet and interactwith fans. There will be a number of activities including tailgatinggames, poster giveaways, athlete autographs and photoopportunities.

THE JAVELINAS’ FIRST two games will be against teamsfrom the Northwest.

After hosting Central Washington on Sept. 2, the Javelinas willbe in Burnaby, British Columbia, for the Sept. 9 contest.

The three teams have somewhat different weather conditions asthey prepare for their upcoming seasons.

The temperature in Kingsville last week was 100 degrees.Ellensburg had a high of 79 Sunday but did have a temperature of102 one day last week. Burnaby had a high of 69 Sunday.

ZACH PROSBA HAD a recent article on Herosports.com thatESPN College GameDay has become popular with college fans as ittravels to sites each week.

These trips are usually to NCAA Division I sites and never hasit been to a Division II game.

Prosba wrote that “we’d love to change that”.He created a theoretical Division II Football College GameDay

schedule for the upcoming season and one of the sites he suggestedthe crew visit is Kingsville for the Sept. 23 matchup between theJavelinas and Texas A&M-Commerce.

“Capitalizing big-time on the historical factor, Kingsville serveas a fantastic host for a D2 football GameDay with NFLconnections,” Prosba wrote. “Over their program’s history, Hall ofFamers such as Gene Upshaw and John Randle once donned theblue and yellow of Kingsville football.




Pre-Workout CheckCamille Barton of the Orthopaedic Center of Corpus Christi checks one of the Javelina football playersprior to the start of practice last week.

“Nowadays, TAMU-K is still a national powerhouse with big-time talent along the defensive line in Brandon Jones (who one dayshould be a pro player as well). With the combination of historicalexcellence with current success, the Javelinas would be anabsolutely perfect host for a Lone Star Conference showdown inTexas”.

Another game he proposed would be Texas A&M-Commerce’sopener with North Alabama in Florence, Ala.

Simon Fraser is also recommended as a site when the Clanhosts Western Oregon Oct. 7. There is no other Canadian footballteam in NCAA and this would be unique.

And for the season finale, he suggests the rivalry betweenHenderson (Ark.) State and Ouachita Baptist (Ark.). TheArkadelphia, Ark., schools are across the street from each other andyou can hear the public address system at one of the stadiums whileat the other’s.

Not likely to happen but there is a world of outstanding footballgames and rivalries in college matchups other than in Division I.

LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes:…The Angelo State training staff was recognized by its peers

as the Lone Star Conference Athletic Training Staff of the Year.The award was announced last week.…The LSC ranked fourth in men’s and women’s basketball

attendance among NCAA Division II schools last winter.The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association led the

men’s attendance, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference wassecond and the Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association wasthird.

The women’s conference attendance standings were the sameas the men’s.

In the men’s division, Tarleton State was 14th with an averageof 1,527 a game and Midwestern State was 19th with 1,374 a game.

The women’s division posted the top 10 schools in attendanceand the LSC didn’t have a school in the listing.

…Texas A&M-Commerce will hold its Lion Football Fan DaySaturday at Memorial Stadium.

It affords the fans an opportunity to interact with the players.A scrimmage opens the day at 9 a.m. and those who have

purchased season tickets will be able to sit in their selected seats.New season tickets will be available for purchase.

Tailgate spots will be available for the event and following thescrimmage, fans can meet the players and get schedule posters andcards autographed.

…The West Texas A&M men’s basketball schedule wasannounced last week and the Buffs will play 10 games againstteams that made the NCAA Division II tournament last year,including the Javelinas.

NCAA DIVISION II notes:…Dixie (Utah) State has announced it will begin the second


Baseball GraduatesBaseball players Adrian Silguero, left, and Hunter Perkins receivedbachelor of science degrees last weekend at commencement exercisesin the Steinke Center. Silguero is from Corpus Christi (John Paul II)and Perkins is from Victoria (East). Perkins was graduated magna cumlaude, with high honor.

Javelina FootballRemaining Preseason

Workout ScheduleAug. 16 – 9:15 a.m. – Teampractice

4:15 p.m. – Walk-throughAug. 17 – 3:15 p.m. – Team practiceAug. 18 – 9:15 a.m. – Team practice

4:15 p.m. – Walk-throughAug. 19 – 10 a.m. – Team practiceAug. 21 – 9:15 a.m. – TeampracticeAug. 22 – 6 p.m. – Team practiceAug. 23 – 3:30 p.m. – Team practiceAug. 24 – 3:30 p.m. – Team practiceAug. 25 – 3:30 p.m. – Team practiceAug. 26 – 10 a.m. – Team practice

(mock game)Aug. 28 – 3:30 p.m. – Team practiceAug. 29 – 3:30 p.m. – Team practiceAug. 30 – 3:30 p.m. – Team practiceSept. 1 – 4:15 p.m. – Team practiceSept. 2 – 7 p.m. – Opening game

with Central Washingtonin Javelina Stadium.

By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs

Javelina Hash


2017 Texas A&M-KingsvilleIndoor Volleyball Schedule

Sept. 1 – New Mexico Highlands in San Angelo, 9:30 a.m.Sept. 1 – Colorado Christian in San Angelo, 2:30 p.m.Sept. 2 – Limestone (N.C.) in San Angelo, 9:30 a.m.Sept. 2 – New Mexico Highlands in San Angelo, 2:30 p.m.Sept. 6 – Sioux Falls (S.D.) in Sioux Falls, S.D., 4 p.m.Sept. 6 – Augustana (S.D.) in Sioux Falls, S.D., 7:30 p.m.Sept. 8 – Western (Colo.) State in Kearney, Neb., 10 a.m.Sept. 8 – Northwestern Oklahoma in Kearney, Neb., 2 p.m.Sept. 9 – Southeastern Oklahoma in Kearney, Neb., 10 a.m.Sept. 9 – Nebraska-Kearney in Kearney, Neb., 6 p.m.Sept. 12 – St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 15 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 6 p.m.Sept. 16 - *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M. 6 p.m.Sept. 22 - *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 23 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Sept. 29 - *Angelo State in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Sept. 30 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Oct. 6 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 7 p.m.Oct. 7 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 2 p.m.Oct. 13 - *Cameron in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 14 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Oct. 17 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 7 p.m.Oct. 20 – Dallas Baptist in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Oct. 20 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Oct. 21 - *Western New Mexico in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Oct. 27 - *Texas Woman’s in Denton, 7 p.m.Oct. 28 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 2 p.m.Oct. 31 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m.Nov. 3 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Nov. 4 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Nov. 10 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 6 p.m.Nov. 11 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 2 p.m.Nov. 16-18 – Lone Star Conference Championships at site of No. 1

seed.Nov. 30-Dec. 2 – NCAA Division II South Central Region

Championships, TBA.

renovation phase of the Legend Solar Stadium complex this month.The project is part of the $10 million donation from a private

company, the largest single donation in the school’s history.The second phase includes the construction of an east

grandstand that will seat 5,000 along with additional infrastructureamenities including locker rooms, restrooms and concession stands.

The stadium will be closed to the general public during theconstruction but will be open for Dixie football and men’s andwomen’s soccer practices and all home athletic events throughoutthe 2017 fall season.

…Southern Arkansas, the team the Javelinas defeated in theLive United Bowl in December, is favored to win the GreatAmerican Conference championship this fall.

The Muleriders were selected in a vote of the league coaches.They edged out Harding (Ark.) by three points in the voting and

were in front of third-place Henderson (Ark.) State by four points.Great American Conference Preseason Football Poll

Rank Team Rank Team1. Southern Arkansas 7. Southwestern Oklahoma2. Harding (Ark.) 8. Arkansas-Monticello3. Henderson (Ark.) State 9. Northwestern Oklahoma4. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 10. East Central5. Southeastern Oklahoma 11. Oklahoma Baptist6. Arkansas Tech 12. Southern Nazarene

…Indiana and West Chester have been favored to win divisionaltitles in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference this season.

The two were selected in a vote of the league coaches.Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference

Preseason Football PollWest Division East DivisionRank Team Rank Team1. Indiana 1. West Chester2. California 2. Kutztown3. Slippery Rock 3. Shippensburg4. Edinboro 4. Bloomsburg5. Gannon 5. East Stroudsburg6. Seton Hill 6. Lock Haven7. Clarion 7. Millersville8. Mercyhurst 8. Cheyney

…Albany (Ga.) State and Tuskegee (Ala.) are picked to win theSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference divisional titles this fallin a preseason poll released by the league.

Albany is favored in the East and Tuskegee in the West.Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Preseason Football PollEast Division West DivisionRank Team Rank Team1. Albany (Ga.) State 1. Tuskegee (Ala.)2. Fort Valley (Ga.) State 2. Miles (Ala.)3. Benedict (S.C.) 3. Kentucky State4. Clark Atlanta (Ga.) 4. Lane (Tenn.)5. Morehouse (Ga.) 5. Central (Ohio) State

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillemen’s cross country team willhave seven lettermen and thewomen’s squad will have fiveletterwinners when the teamsbegin preseason workouts laterthis month.

The men’s lineup will havethree runners with three letters:Elias Madrid from Evans, Ga.;Francisco Solis from CorpusChristi (Miller), and Shane Stehlefrom Orange Grove.

Cross Country Has Veteran RostersRicardo Medrano is a junior

two-year letterman from Pearsall.The one-year lettermen are

Hilario Garcia, junior fromTamaulipas, Mexico; JaisiahPatterson, junior from CorpusChristi (West Oso), and JoseVentura, sophomore from SanAntonio (O’Connor).

Chelsea Gonzalez is a three-year letterwinner from CorpusChristi (Carroll) for the women’steam.

Two-year letterwinners areJade Guerrero, junior from CorpusChristi (King), and Josie Guzman,junior from Devine.

And the one-yearletterwinners are Jennifer Bernal,sophomore from Laredo (Nixon),and Victoria Jaime, sophomorefrom Carrizo Springs.

The teams open Sept. 2 at thePatriot Invitational in Dallas.Dallas Baptist is the host school.

The highlight of the seasonwill come Oct. 21 with the LoneStar Conference Championshipsare held in Kingsville on the L.E.Ramey Golf Course.

Another meet in South Texaswill be the Islander Splash Sept. 22on the Texas A&M-Corpus Christicampus in Corpus Christi.

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillesoftball team will play three fallscrimmages, according to headcoach Craig Nicholson.

The Javelinas will hostCoastal Bend College Oct. 28 for a1 p.m. doubleheader at HubertField.

The team will be at Texas-SanAntonio Nov. 4 for adoubleheader, meeting host UTSAat 12:30 p.m. and Texas State at 3p.m.

Softball To PlayScrimmages

This Fall

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillefootball team is ranked No. 32 inthe NCAA Division II preseasonpoll selected by Massey’sRatings.

Defending national championNorthwest Missouri State is No. 1.

Texas A&M-Commerce isranked No. 17.

The Javelinas and Lions arethe only Lone Star Conferenceteams in the top 35.

Southern Arkansas, the teamthe Javelinas defeated in the LiveUnited Bowl Game in Texarkana,Ark., in December, is No. 31 andCentral Washington, theJavelinas’ opening opponent Sept.2 in Javelina Stadium, is No. 33.

Massey’s ListingHas JavelinasRanked 32nd

Javelinas Open Fall Workouts in Javelina Stadium

Track & Field GraduatesE’Kara Mitchell and Jordan Yamoah received bachelor of sciencedegrees at last weekend’s commencement in the Steinke Center.Mitchell has been a thrower from San Antonio (Roosevelt) and Yamoahwas a national champion pole vaulter from Arlington, N.Y.

Coach and SonParker Cundiff, left, a member of the current Javelina coaching staff,received a master of science degree in educational administration lastweekend in the Steinke Center. Right is his father, Richard, who wason the Javelina coaching staff in 1985-2006. He was head coach in2000-06.

Javelina StadiumHome of the

NCAA Division IIMen’s and Women’s

Track and Field Championships2019 and 2020

(Continued from Page 1)regional championship. Theseregional winners advance into thesemifinal round of the playoffsand the championship game isplayed in Kansas City, Kan.

The new Division II regionmakeup is as balanced as it hasbeen, number-wise. There are 45teams in Super Region 1, 42 inSuper Region 2 and 3 and 41 inSuper Region 4.

The Northern Sun will havethe most teams in Super Region 4with 16. There are 11 football-playing schools in the RockyMountain Athletic Conference,nine in the LSC and five in theGNAC.

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillefootball team will be meeting twoteams from the GNAC the first twoweeks of the season, opening withCentral Washington Sept. 2 inKingsville and traveling to SimonFraser (British Columbia) Sept. 9.

Each of the super regionshave four conferences.

Super Region 1 has the GreatMidwest Athletic Conference (8teams), Mountain East Conference(11), Northeast-10 Conference (10)and Pennsylvania State AthleticConference (16).

Super Region 2 has theCentral Intercollegiate AthleticAssociation (12), Gulf SouthConference (9), South AtlanticConference (8) and SouthernIntercollegiate AthleticConference (10).

Super Region 3 has the GreatAmerican Conference (12), GreatLakes Intercollegiate AthleticConference (9), Great Lakes ValleyConference (9) and Mid-AmericaIntercollegiate AthleticAssociation (12).

NCAA Division IISuper Region 4 Teams

Great Northwest AthleticConference – Azusa Pacific(Calif.), Central Washington,Humboldt (Calif.) State, SimonFraser (British Columbia) andWestern Oregon.

Lone Star Conference –

Angelo State, Eastern NewMexico, Midwestern State,Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas-Permian Basin,West Texas A&M and WesternNew Mexico.

Northern Sun IntercollegiateAthletic Conference – Augustana(S.D.), Bemidji (Minn.) State,Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.), Mary(N.D.), Minnesota State,Minnesota State-Moorhead,Minnesota-Crookston,Minnesota-Duluth, Minot (N.D.)State, Northern (S.D.) State, SiouxFalls (S.D.), Southwest MinnesotaState, St. Cloud (Minn.) State,

Changes Made In NCAA Division II2017 Football Regional Alignment

Upper Iowa, Wayne (Neb.) Stateand Winona (Minn.) State.

Rocky Mountain AthleticConference – Adams (Colo.) State,Black Hills (S.D.) State, Chadron(Neb.) State, Colorado-Mesa,Colorado Mines, Colorado State-Pueblo, Dixie (Utah) State, FortLewis (Colo.), New MexicoHighlands, South Dakota Minesand Western (Colo.) State.

Caps and Hats Important Part of Preseason Football Workouts

www.javelinaathletics.comFans in the Stands

Former Javelina quarterback and placekicker Neal LaHue and his son,Michael, were in the stands for the Javelina scrimmage Saturday inJavelina Stadium. LaHue is the head football coach at Buda Hays HighSchool.

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A True Blue & GoldWeekend

Friday, Sept. 224 p.m. - Javelina volleyball vs.

Texas Woman’s, Steinke Center.5:30 p.m. - 41st Javelina Hall of Fame

and Champions Banquet,Memorial Student Union Building

ballrooms.(Inductees will be football player Jim Brown, foot-

ball player Wade Whitmer and baseball and footballplayer Steve Yaden).

Saturday, Sept. 2311 a.m. - Fred Nuesch

Scholarship Endowment Brunch,Memorial Student Union Building

ballrooms.(Celebrating the beginning of Nuesch’s 50th year

on the Javelina athletic staff. Benquet proceeds goto the Fred and Joan Nuesch Scholarship Fund).

2 p.m. Javelina volleyball vs.Texas A&M-Commerce, Steinke Center.

7 p.m. - Javelina football vs. TexasA&M-Commerce, Javelina Stadium.

Tickets for the banquet and brunch may bepurchased by calling (361) 593-4030 or by going to

www.javelinaathletics.com,clicking on the “Javelina Hall of Fame” button onthe right side of the cover page and then scrollingto the bottom of the page and clicking on “Hall of

Fame Induction Ceremony”(Deadline for purchasing tickets to either event is

Sept. 18. No tickets will be sold at the door).

Javelina Nation...A Family Unlike

Orthopaedic ExaminationDr. Jeff Schlimmer of the Orthpaedic Center of Corpus Christi checks one of the Javelina football playersprior to the start of workouts last week.

New BannersNew colorful banners have been placed on the light poles at the Javelina recreation and NCAA complex on the northwest corner of the campus.The complex includes eight tennis courts and six beach volleyball courts used by the Javelina intercollegiate teams.

JavelinaFootball Live

on ESPN3

Oct. 21From

JavelinaStadium

Master’s DegreeKat Evans from Pearland and amember of the Javelina beachvolleyball team, received hermaster of business administrationdegree last week in the SteinkeCenter. She’s with TAMUKpresident, Dr. Steven Tallant.

Eight Texas A&M-Kingsvilleathletes, coaches and trainerreceived master’s degrees at lastweek’s commencement in theSteinke Center.

Receiving master’s were:…Amanda Amaya, athletic

trainer from Robstown received amaster of science in criminology.

…Hayley Brandt, track andfield athlete from Midland (Lee)received a master of businessadministration in businessadministration.

…Parker Cundiff, footballassistant coach from San Antonio,received a master of science ineducational administration.

…Jakorey Davis, footballplayer from San Antonio(Roosevelt), received a master ofscience in criminology.

…Marija Dimitrovska, tennisplayer from Skopje, Macedonia,received a master of science inindustrial management.

…Kat Evans, beach volleyball

Eight Athletes, Coaches, TrainerReceive Master’s Degrees Friday

player and sports informationworker from Pearland, received amaster of business administrationin business administrataion.

…Austin Gillmore, footballassistant coach from Amarillo(Bushland), received a master ofscience in educationaladministration.

…Mariaxi Herrera, tennisplayer from Ibarra, Ecuador,received a master of science inindustrial management.

Two of the undergraduateswere graduated with honors.

Lily Hospers, basketballplayer from Nelson, New Zealand,was graduated summa cum laude,with highest honor, and received abachelor science degree. HunterPerkins, baseball player from Victoria(East), was graduated magna cumlaude, with high honor,,and received abachelor science.

The other athletes and staffmembers receiving degrees were:

…Ryan Benitez, baseball

player from New Braunfels,received a bachelor science.

...Stephanie Garcia, track andfield athlete from Freer, received abachelor of science.

…Alex Kuyinu, footballplayer from Missouri City (Dulles),received a bachelor of science.

…Rachel Lockett, athletictrainer from Manvel, received abachelor of science.

…Dustin Luna, baseballplayer from Spring, received abachelor of science in natural gasengineering.

…E’Kara Mitchell, track andfield athlete from San Antonio(Roosevelt), received a bachelorof science.

…Ariana Munoz, softballplayer from Alice, received abachelor of science.

…Ramon Quijano, track andfield athlete from Panama City,Panama, received a bachelor ofarts degree.


Javelina VolleyballAlumni Match

Alumni vs. CurrentJavelina Team

Saturday, 2 p.m.In the Steinke Center

Followed by theJavelina BBQ and Social at 5:30 p.m.

Northway Coliseum

WE WELCOME ANY AND ALLVOLLEYBALL ALUMNI

Please spread the word.If you cannot play, we would still love for you

to come and be recognized!

Any alumni interested in participating, pleaseRSVP to [email protected]

Orthopaedic CheckupDr. Miguel Berastain checks one of the Javelina football playersduring a preseason examination last week. Berastain is in theOrthopaedic Center of Corpus Christi.

2017 Texas A&M-Kingsville Football ScheduleSept. 2 – Central Washington in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Kingsville

Community and Military Appreciation Weekend).Sept. 9 - Simon Fraser in Burnaby, British Columbia, 3 p.m.Sept. 16 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 7 p.m.Sept. 23 – *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 7 p.m.

(Hispanic Heritage/Hall of Fame and Champions Weekend).Sept. 30 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 6 p.m..Oct. 7 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Family

Weekend).Oct. 14 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 6 p.m.Oct. 21 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Homecoming).Oct. 28 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 8 p.m.Nov. 4 - *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M.,1 p.m.Nov. 11 – William Jewell (Mo.) in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Senior Day).*Lone Star Conference games.All times are Central Daylight or Central Standard Time.

Javelina head football coach Daren Wilkinson, left, and former playerPrintez Milburn. Milburn has a son on the current Javelina roster.

Three graduate assistantshave been added to the TexasA&M-Kingsville athletic trainingstaff, according to head athletic

Christian Barreto Brent McKinsey Julianne Tanis

Three Join Athletic Training Staff As Grad Assistants

Vanessa Tavares

Vanessa Tavares, who hasbeen a staff professional at theRye Racquet Club in Harrison,N.Y., has been named a graduateassistant coach for the TexasA&M-Kingsville women’s tennisteam.

Tavares is from Florinopolis,Brazil, and has a bachelor’s degreefrom Austin Peay State with amajor in business administration.

While in school, she was onthe Honor Roll four years and wason the Ohio Valley ConferenceCommissioner’s Honor Roll twice.She was on the NCAA Honor Rollin 2013.

She was a team captain of theAustin Peay tennis team for threeseasons.

Tavares was in the top five ofthe Brazilian Tennis Association at12 and under, 14 and under, 16 andunder and 18 and under.

Tavares Named GradAssistant Coach ForWomen’s Tennis Team

She was ranked No. 21 in theSouth American TennisAssociation in 2009 as an 18 andunder player.

Tavares was an assistanttennis pro at the Cordoba AthleticClub in Cordoba, Argentina, in2011 and was a tennis coach in LaTranche Sur Mer, France, in 2013.

She was a staff professionalat the Scarsdale Golf Club inHartsdale, N.Y., in 2014-26.

Tavares served an internshipwith Athletic NetworkAmbassador in Clarksville, Tenn.,in the fall of 2015 and has been atRye since January 2016.

trainer Ruben Cantu.The three newcomers are

Christian Barreto of Carson, Calif.;Brent McKinsey of Berea, Calif., and

Julianne Tanis of Bellingham, Wash.Barreto holds a bachelor’s degree

from Long Beach State and hasworked at a baseball youth academy

since graduating last December.McKinsey is a graduate of

Fort Lewis (Colo.) and Tanis is agraduate of Washington State.

The NCAA Division IIPresidents Council met last weekto consider proposed legislationfor the 2018 NCAA Conventionand the division’s commitment toproviding athletes a balancedcollege experience commandedmuch of the attention of themeeting.

Two of the four proposals upfor consideration focused onplaying and practice seasonschedules. One would allowfootball teams to begin preseasonpractice three days earlier whilethe other would move up the startdate for women’s volleyball by

NCAA Division II Presidents Council Supports Proposalsone week in years in which theDivision II National ChampionsFestival occurs in the fall.

The council voted to sponsorthe football proposal, citing it as anecessary adjustment after theNCAA eliminated two-a-daypreseason practices last spring.

The council voted not tosponsor the volleyball proposalbut it will proceed to amembership vote at theconvention.

Some of the council membersraised concerns about alterationsto playing and practice schedulesthat could lead to more requests

for longer seasons and less timeoff for athletes.

One member contended thatthe volleyball proposal couldallow athletes to attend classesthey might normally miss duringFestival years by allowing teamsto move a couple of weekdaymatches to the weekend.

The most influential factor inthe council’s affirmative vote forfootball was the health and safetyimpact of allowing football playersmore time to acclimate and preparefor the season, taking intoaccount practices teams may havelost in the two-a-day ban and the

recommended day off per week.The earlier start date was

already made permissible for the2017 preseason through a blanketwaiver, and this legislation wouldcodify the change for future years.

Two other proposals receivedthe council’s support. One wouldeliminate some restrictions on thetypes and increase amounts ofathletics-related awards an athletecan receive and another wouldallow sports wagering violationsto be received on a case-by-casebasis.

Currently, violations that(Continued on Page 19)

Volleyball Locker Room Gets a FaceliftThe Javelina indoor and beach volleyball lockerrooms were remodeled this summer and wereready when the indoor team reported last week-end for the start of preseason workouts. Theroom is in the Steinke Center.

1931 - Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champion

1932 - Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champion

1938 - Alamo Conference Champion1939 - Alamo Conference Champion1941 - Alamo Conference Champion1951 - Texas Conference Champion1953 - Texas Conference Champion1959 - NAIA National Champion

Lone Star Conference Champion1960 - Great Southwest Bowl Champion

Lone Star Conference Champion1962 - Lone Star Conference Champion1967 - Lone Star Conference Champion1968 - NAIA National Runnerup

Lone Star Conference Champion1969 - NAIA National Champion






Lone Star Conference Champion1985 - Lone Star Conference Champion1987 - Lone Star Conference Champion1989 - Lone Star Conference Champion1992 - Lone Star Conference Champion1993 - Lone Star Conference Champion

1994 - NCAA Division II National Runnerup Lone Star Conference Champion

1995 - Lone Star Conference Champion1996 - Lone Star Conference Champion1997 - Lone Star Conference Champion2001 - Lone Star Conference Champion2002 - Lone Star Conference Champion2003 - Lone Star Conference Champion2004 - Lone Star Conference Champion2009 - Lone Star Conference Champion2016 - Live United Bowl Champion

Javelina Football...None Has Been Better!

Gil Steinke, who was head football coach at Texas A&I in 1954-76, coached six nationalchampionship teams.

There’s No Place LikeJavelina Nation

For College Athletic Excitement!

2017 Men’s and Women’sCross Country Schedule

Sept. 2 - Patriot Opener in Dallas (Dallas Baptist host).

Sept. 16 - Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin, Mo.Sept. 22 - Islander Splash in Corpus Christi (Texas A&M-Corpus

Christi host).Sept. 23 - Texas A&M Invite in College Station.Oct. 7 - Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio.Oct. 21 - Lone Star Conference Championships in Kingsville.Nov. 5 - NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships

in Canyon (West Texas A&M host).Nov. 19 - NCAA Division II Championships in Evansville, Ind.

Preseason PreparationDr. A.V. Ramirez , Kingsville dentist, takes an impression from one ofthe Javelina football players in order to prepare a mouthpiece.

Ready for the SeasonThese four student trainers helped clean up the pen that’s home toPorky, the javelina mascot. Left to right are Kristena Engelhard of SanAntonio, Jannella Olguin of Spring, Kayla Patton of Falfurrias andMadalynn Nixon of Woodsboro.

1. Graduation rates. DivisionII’s student-athlete graduation rateis consistently higher than that ofthe total student body. Division IIalso features a high number of first-generation college students, thusincreasing the access to education.

2. Academic emphasis.Division II’s regionalizationphilosophy in scheduling limitsmissed class time for student-athletes.

3. Athletics scholarships. Thepartial athletics scholarship modelrewards athletics ability while

NCAA Division II’s Distinguished Dozensallowing student-athletes to earnother sources of financial aid. Arecent study on the financial impactof the partial-scholarship modelfound that in general, scholarshipstudent-athletes benefitinstitutions’ overall academicprofile, and the partial-aid modelgenerates revenue for the school.

4. Balanced bottom line. Themedian expense for Division IIathletics departments with footballis roughly $6 million, while thatfigure is about $15 million for

Division I Football ChampionshipSubdivision programs and about$64 million for programs in theDivision I Football BowlSubdivision.

5. Favorable admission rates.Division II membership is splitalmost evenly between public andprivate institutions. On average,Division II schools have the highestadmission rate (70 percent, versus62-63 percent in the other twodivisions).

6. Community engagement.Through student-athlete leadership,Division II has enjoyed long-termand successful partnerships withthe Make-A-Wish Foundation,Team Impact and military groups. Inaddition, Division II conductscommunity engagement activities atall championships final sites.

7. Positive game environment.Division II members pledge toconduct athletics contests in afamily-friendly environment that iscivil and entertaining.

8. Unique geographicalfootprint. Division II is the onlyNCAA division with schools inAlaska (Anchorage and Fairbanks),Puerto Rico (Bayamon, Mayaguezand Rio Piedras) and Canada(Simon Fraser).

9. National championshipopportunities. Division II featuresunparalleled opportunity forstudent-athletes to advance tonational championship competitionas a result of the division’sgenerous championship accessratios (the highest among the threeNCAA divisions).

10. National ChampionshipsFestivals. Division II is the onlyNCAA division that conducts“National ChampionshipsFestivals,” Olympic-style events inwhich a number of nationalchampionships are held at a singlesite over a period of several days.

11. Make It Yours. Thisstudent-athlete-driven brandenhancement strengthensawareness among externalaudiences by clearlycommunicating the experienceDivision II schools create forstudent-athletes.

12. Diversity and inclusion.Matching grants encourage access,recruitment, selection, and the long-term success of ethnic minoritiesand women in administration andcoaching.

Mouthpiece FittingDr. A.V. Ramirez of Kingsville, third from left back row, and Dr. Roger Campos of San Antonio, fourth from left back row, and members of theirstaff and students in the Texas A&M-Kingsville pre-dental program fitted the Javelina football players with mouthpieces last weekend prior to thestart of preseason workouts.

Harms Addresses TeamRon Harms, head football coach for the Javelinas in 1979-99 and offensive coordinator in 1974-75, addressed thecurrent team before a scrimmage last weekend in Javelina Stadium. Harms is a member of the College FootballHall of Fame, Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor and Javelina Hall of Fame. His teams won a national champion-ship, was national runnerup once and won 10 Lone Star Conference titles. Two of his athletes are in the ProFootball Hall of Fame. As an offensive coordinator in 1974-75, the Javelinas won two national trophies and weretwo-time LSC champions.

(Continued from Page 11)…Myrissa Sanchez, softball

player from Portland (Gregory-Portland), received a bachelor ofscience.

…Adrian Silguero, baseballplayer from Corpus Christi (JohnPaul II), received a bachelor ofscience.

…Hayden Vesely, baseballplayer from Victoria (St. Joseph),received a bachelor of science.

…Jordan Yamoah, track andfield athlete from Arlington, N.Y.,

received a bachelor of science.

Eight Athletes,Coaches, TrainerReceive Master’s

(Continued from Page 14)trigger the legislated sportswagering sanctions, such asonline betting, automatically resultin a standard penalty.

Before the Presidents Councilmeeting, the group joined withother Division II presidents,conference commissioners andrepresentatives from the DivisionII Student-Athlete AdvisoryCommittee in a meeting at theNCAA national office.

The attendees participated ina series of roundtable discussionsfocusing on three topics: TheDivision II student-athleteexperience, health and safetyculture in Division II and financialstability in higher education.

The division holds thesemeetings every four-five years toprovide an opportunity forDivision II leaders to share ideasand concerns and gather the

NCAA Division II PresidentsCouncil Supports Proposals

perspective of athletes.Also at its meeting, the

Presidents Council approved a setof nine priorities for Division in2017-18. During the year, thedivision will focus on initiativesaround diversity and inclusion, anew membership census, coaches’education, health and safety,academic enhancements,championship experiences and

Make It Yours brand activation.

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