Basketball Teams Resume Pre-Holiday Schedules After Taking a Week Off for Petersburg and Will Face the Jamar Goodwin, 6-4 Junior Trevon Young, 6-5 Freshman Court Jan
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Best Wishes To This Week’s Graduates VOLUME XV, NO. 17 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 DEC. 10, 2014 Basketball Teams Resume Pre-Holiday Schedules After taking a week off for Petersburg and will face the Jamar Goodwin, 6-4 junior Trevon Young, 6-5 freshman court Jan. 3 against Schreiner in final examinations, the Texas University of Tampa Tuesday forward from Ennis, leads the team forward from Bradenton, Fla., Kingsville and opens Lone Star A&M-Kingsville men’s and night in Tampa. in scoring with a 14.0 average and averages 10.4 and Malcolm Conference play Jan. 8 with Texas women’s basketball teams return The Javelina women will host he one of four Javelinas averaging Brunner, 6-6 senior forward from A&M-Commerce, also in the to action, the women this weekend St. Edward’s at 5 p.m. Saturday in double figures. Brunswick, Ga., averages 10.3. Steinke Center. and the men next week. and then head north to Alaska for Troy Jones, 6-7 junior Brunner is the top rebounder The Javelina women are 0-6. The men will be in Florida games Dec. 19-20 with Alaska- forward from Alexandria, La., hits with a 6.4 average. Micah Weaver, 5-9 Monday and Tuesday for a pair of Anchorage and Alaska-Fairbanks, at a 13.8 average; D.J. Weathers, Tampa is 3-4 and is led in sophomore guard from Poth, is the games. both in Anchorage. 6-2 junior guard from Mexia, scoring (18.1) and rebounding (8.9) team’s leading scorer with an 11.3 The Javelinas take on Eckerd The Javelinas are 3-5 for the averages 12.5 and Jordan Jahr, 6-7 by Eugene McCrory, 6-8 senior center average. College Monday night in St. year. senior forward from Austin (Lake from Washington D.C. Kyra Bauer, 5-9 junior Travis), hits 10.6 a game. Jordan Davis, 5-10 senior forward from Hutto, leads the Jones is the top rebounder guard from Tampa, averages 16.0 rebounding with a 5.5 average and with a 7.6 average. and Austin Rettig, 6-6 sophomore Weaver pulls down 5.3 a game. Eckerd is 4-2 for the year. forward from Dallas (Prestonwood St. Edward’s is 5-2 for the The Tritons are led in scoring Academy), has a 14.3 average. year. by Jerrick Stevenson, 6-5 junior The Javelinas will take on Lexi Fatheree, 5-10 forward from Lakeland, Fla., with a Our Lady of the Lake Dec. 20 in sophomore forward from 14.8 average. San Antonio to close out their pre- Richmond (Foster), is the leading E.J. Moody, 6-3 junior guard holiday schedule. scorer with a 16.4 average. from Lakeland, hits 13.5 a game; The squad returns to the (Continued on Page 4) Pesek Academic All-America First Team Texas A&M-Kingsville Pesek led the Javelina many first-team All-Americans as defensive back Trevor Pesek defense this fall, getting 95 any school in the country. joined a long list of Javelina tackles. He also had two Pesek is the 72nd Javelina to athletes who have been first-team interceptions, three pass be named to an All-America first All-Americans when he was breakups, threer quarterback hits, unit and these 72 Javelinas have named to the NCAA Division II a forced fumble and two fumble received positions on 171 All- Academic All-America first unit recoveries. America first teams. last week. Henderson (Ark.) State Running back Johnny Bailey The Academic All-America quarterback Kevin Rodgers was has been the most honored of the team is sponsored by Capital One named the Academic All-American Javelinas, appearing on 14 first and is selected by the College of the Year. teams. He was first-team All- Sports Information Directors of To be eligible for the America for four consecutive America members. academic lineup, an athlete must years on the Associated Press Pesek, grad student from Inez have at least a 3.3 cumulative Little All-America and AFCA All- (Vanderbilt Industrial), is the grade point average, be at least a America teams. No other player second Javelina to be an sophomore and be a varsity has been so honored. Academic All-America first team starter or key reserve. Bailey was also on the honoree in the past three years. The only other Lone Star Football Writers of America All- Zane Brown, who is now a Conference athlete on the team is America first team and no other graduate assistant football coach Charles Moore, defensive back at non-Division I players has had a for the Javelinas, was on the 2012 Tarleton State. berth on that unit. Trevor Pesek squad. The Javelinas have had as (Continued on Page 6) Weaver, Jones IBC Bank Honorees Javelina Hash Texas A&M-Kingsville Stephanie Johns, volleyball Trey Mitchell, football By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs basketball players Micah Weaver Mike Greathouse, football Sept. 1-7 and Troy Jones were named the Sept. 8-14 Ashley Bukowski, volleyball IBC Bank players of the week for Ashley Bukowski, volleyball Francisco Solis, cross country THEY CALL THE recipient of the Harlon Hill Trophy each their performances last week. season the NCAA Division II player of the year. Weaver, 5-9 sophomore guard Actually, it’s pretty much the offensive back of the year. from Poth, had 31 points in two This year’s nine finalists were named last week and seven of games. the nine are quarterbacks. The other two are running backs. She had 12 points, three There isn’t a Lone Star Conference player in the final nine, and rebounds, an assist and a steal in this is believed to be the first time since the award was started in an exhibition game with S.F. Austin 1986 that the league has been shut out. State. Javelina running back Johnny Bailey is the only athlete to Weaver had 19 points, nine receive the award three times. He was the recipient in 1987, 1988 rebounds and two assists in an and 1989 and was runnerup in the 1986 voting. outing with St. Mary’s. The recipient of this year’s award will be announced Dec. 19 Jones, 6-7 junior forward from and a luncheon honoring the winner will be held Jan. 9 on the Alexandria, La., also had 31 points University of North Alabama campus. in two games. Six of the finalists helped lead their teams to the post season He has 14 points, 11 playoffs this fall. rebounds, five steals, an assist NCAA Division II Super Region Four players on the final ballot and a blocked shot against St. Mary’s and followed with 17 are Anthony Bilal, Lake Erie (Ohio) running back; Mark Miller, points, eight rebounds, two Ohio Dominican quarterback, and Jason Vander Laan, Ferris assists and two steals in a game (Mich.) State quarterback. with Texas A&M International. The Lone Star Conference competes in Super Region Four. Both were players of the week Harlon Hill Trophy Finalists for the first time this season. Anthony Abenjoa, Pittsburg (Kan.) State, quarterback. IBC Bank Athletes of the Week Anthon Bilal, Lake Erie (Ohio), running back. Nov. 23-29 Andy Hibbett, Carson-Newman (Tenn.), running back. Kyra Bauer, basketball Averaging In Double Figures Steven Laurino, Long Island-Post (N.Y.), quarterback. Jamar Goodwin, basketball C.J. Weathers, 6-2 junior guard from Mexia, is one of four Javelinas Sean McCartney, West Chester (Pa.), quarterback. Nov. 16-22 averaging in double figures. He hits 12.5 a game and will be in the Mark Miller, Ohio Dominican, quarterback. Lauren Jay, basketball lineup when the Javelinas resume play Monday in Florida. Kevin Rodgers, Henderson (Ark.) State, quarterback. Don Thomas, basketball Tyler Sullivan, Delta (Miss.) State, quarterback. Nov. 9-15 Jason Vander Laan, Ferris (Mich.) State, quarterback. Krystal Faison, volleyball 2014-15 Javelina Men’s Remaining Basketball Schedule Brandon James, football Dec. 15 – Eckerd in St. Petersburg, Fla., 7:30 p.m. (EST). Nov. 2-Nov. 8 THE NCAA DIVISION II national football playoffs are down Dec. 16 – Tampa in Tampa, Fla., 7 p.m. (EST). Ashley Rivera, golf to the final four and the semifinal round will be Saturday. Dec. 20 – Our Lady of the Lake in San Antonio, 1 p.m. Jordan Thomas, football Colorado State-Pueblo is the Super Region Four representative, Jan. 3 – Schreiner in Kingsville, 4 p.m. Oct. 26-Nov. 1 having defeated Ohio Dominican last weekend in Pueblo. Jan. 8 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 1 p.m. Stephanie Johns, volleyball The Timberwolves will meet West Georgia from Super Region Jan. 10 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 7:30 p.m. Jorge Alanis, cross country Two in the semis. Jan. 14 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 7:30 p.m. (MST). Oct. 19-25 In the other semifinal, Concord (W. Va.) meets Minnesota State. Jan. 17 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 4 p.m. Krystal Faison, volleyball Jan. 21 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 7:30 p.m. The two winners will go to Kansas City, Kan., for the Shawn Vasquez, football Jan. 24 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 6 p.m. championship game. Oct. 12-18 Jan. 31 - *Angelo State in Kingsville, 6 p.m. Kelsey Washington, volleyball Feb. 4 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m. THREE NCAA DIVISION II bowl games were played last Trevor Pesek, football Feb. 7 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 4 p.m. weekend. Oct. 5-11 Feb. 12 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 7:30 p.m.