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Congratulations Javelina Baseball and Track & Field Lone Star Conference Champions! VOLUME XIV, NO. 40 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MAY 7, 2014 Baseball Hosting LSC Tournament This Week The Texas A&M-Kingsville 2014 Lone Star Conference baseball team, crowned the Lone Baseball Postseason Tournament Star Conference champion last Thursday weekend, will host the LSC Game 1 – West Texas A&M (2) vs. Tarleton State (3), 11 a.m. postseason tournament Thursday, Game 2 – Texas A&M-Kingsville (1) vs. Angelo State (4), 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Nolan Game 3 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 7 p.m. Ryan Field. Friday The Javelinas will be the No. Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 3 p.m. 1 seed and will take on No. 4- Game 5 – Loser Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3, 7 p.m. seeded Angelo State at 3 p.m. Saturday Thursday in their first round Game 6 – Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, noon. game. Game 7 – If necessary, 4 p.m. The other pairing will have No. 2 West Texas A&M meeting No.3 Tarleton State at 11 a.m. Thursday. The losers from the first two games will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in an elimination contest. Friday’s schedule will have the winner of the first two games meeting at 3 p.m. and another elimination matchup is set for 7 p.m. The championship game is at noon Saturday, and if a second Lord of the Hurdles game becomes necessary, it will Javelina Sergio Rios, senior from Brownsville (Pace), follow the noon contest. swept the hurdle gold medals at the Lone Star Conference The Javelinas are the Championships last weekend. (Continued on Page 12) Javelinas Host Last Chance Meet The Texas A&M-Kingsville standings. and field meets in Javelina track and field team will host a last Most of the Javelina men and Stadium. chance meet Sunday afternoon in women athletes are expected to be Two high school regional Javelina Stadium. competing. meets were held April 26-27 and The meet is for athletes in all The meet opens at noon with the Lone Star Conference divisions who are attempting to the men’s javelin and it will be Championships were last improve their season followed by the women’s javelin. weekend. performances in order to qualify The first of the running Javelina Last Chance Meet Leading Hitter for the NCAA or NAIA national events will start at 4 p.m. Time Schedule Brian Frazier, senior from Houston (Kingwood), is wel- meets, or to receive a higher This will be the third Noon – Men’s javelin comed by a teammate after scoring in a home game. seeding in the national individual consecutive weekend for track (Continued on Page 8) Frazier leads the Javelina hitting with a .368 average. Javelina Hash Idziak on LSC All-Academic Team Javelina Hash Texas A&M-Kingsville A&M Jr., mathematics major, Llano. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs middle-distance runner Michal Women’s Division Amber Saiz, Eastern New Idziak was named to the Lone Star Beth Blind, Eastern New Mexico, So., biology major, Belen, WOW!!! Conference All-Academic Track & Mexico, Jr., animal and dairy N.M. What a weekend. Field Team last week. science major, Kennedale. Mariah Steinbock, McMurry, Within a 28-hour span, Texas A&M-Kingsville athletic teams To be eligible, an athlete must Kristen Celsor, Harding, Sr., Jr., kinesiology major, Sudan. won two Lone Star Conference team championships. have at least a 3.3 grade point communications science and Libby Strickland, West Texas average and be at least a The baseball team wrapped up its first title since 2008 and the disorders major, Searcy, Ark. A&M, So., biology major, sophomore . Jordan Gray, Angelo State, Jr., men’s track and field squad won its first championship since 1970. Amarillo. The LSC sports information English major, Marble Falls. The LSC trophies are the first since 2009 when the football Shelby Terry, Tarleton State, directors select the honorees from Bri Leeper, West Texas A&M, Sr., pre-medicine major, McKinney. squad took the league championship. the nominees. So., mass communications/ Ewa Zaborowska, Harding, Congratulations to track and field coach Ryan Dall and his staff Idziak, sophomore from broadcasting major, Amarillo. Jr., accounting, Wejherowo, and team and baseball coach Jason Gonzales and his staff and club. Mosina, Poland, is a criminology Emma Love, West Texas Poland. What a great way to end a school sports year. major. A&M, Jr., sports and exercise LSC Women’s Track & Field 2014 Lone Star Conference All- science major, San Antonio. Academic Athlete of the Year THERE WERE SO many outstanding performances by the Academic Track & Field Teams Cara Mack, Midwestern State, Ewa Zaborowska, Harding. Javelina men...and women...at the track and field meet it would be Men’s Division difficult to name them all. Peyton Best, Tarleton State, When you are vying for a title in a close race, every point is So., business major, Salado. important and many gave extra efforts to aid the Javelina men as Tye Doty, Tarleton State, Jr., the team gained its victory margin. accounting major, Eddy. Sergio Rios was certainly one. He won the 110-meter and 400- Jamin Goecker, Angelo State, meter hurdle championships and ran the open quarter, scoring two Sr., security studies major, San points for the cause. Angelo. He would have run a leg on the 1600-meter relay team had the Stephen Hedlund, Harding, title not been cinched before that final event. So., economics major, O’Fallon, Javan Gray, who is a javelin thrower and won that title, also Mo. Michal Idziak, Texas A&M- threw the shot put and discus in an effort to pick up points. He Kingsville, So., criminology, finished third in the shot for six points and was seventh in the Mosina, Poland. discus for two more points. Dylan Littlejohn, Angelo Tim Price dominated the sprints, winning the 100-meter and State, Jr., nursing major, Godley. 200-meter dashes and running an impressive last leg on the winning Dorian McCradic, Texas 400-meter relay unit. A&M-Commerce, So., biological Price wasn’t with the Javelinas in 2013 and returned to science major, Georgetown. TAMUK this year. He has been the dominant sprinter in the LSC. Jacob McDonald, Harding, Jr., Trent Hesseltine, who hadn’t competed for the Javelinas since management major, Rogers, Ark. 2012, had eligibility remaining and came out to high jump in the Baptiste Moreu, West Texas conference meet. He ended up second behind NCAA Division II’s A&M, Jr., finance major, Auray, top jumper...teammate Jeron Robinson...and had a 6-11 clearance. France. That may get Hesseltine into the national meet. He was two Kevin Naceanceno, Harding, inches away from automatically qualifying. Jr., biochemistry major, Clovis, Michal Idziak is normally an 800-meter runner but also entered N.M. the 1500-meter run Saturday…..again, to help the Javelinas in the Dylan Willett, Tarleton State, scoring column. So., undecided on major, San He was third in that race, and got the Javelinas six points. Antonio. Kaina Martinez, who joined the Javelinas in January and has LSC Men’s Track & Field Silver Medal established herself as one of the best sprinters in Division II, won Academic Athlete of the Year Baptiste Moreu, West Texas Derek Tesch, Javelina senior from Blanco, receives his the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and probably gave her best silver medal for finishing second in the hammer throw at performance on the final leg on the 400-meter relay. the Lone Star Conference meet last weekend. Presenting Amanda Haven, who could have ended her athletic competition the medal is LSC commissioner Stan Wagnon. two years ago when she finished her basketball eligibility, instead joined the track and field team and has been productive for two seasons. 2014 Javelina Remaining Outdoor She finished second in the high jump last week and also Track & Field Schedule competed in the long jump where she was fourth. May 11 – Javelina Last Chance Meet in Kingsville. May 22-24 – NCAA Division II Championships in Allendale, Mich. Haven has gained All-America status since starting her “second career” with Javelina athletics. (Continued on Page 3) JavelinaJavelinaJavelina HashHash Hash Upcoming Javelina Events By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs May 8 – Baseball: Lone Star Conference Championships in Kingsville. May 9 – Baseball: Lone Star Conference Championships, in Kingsville. May 10 – Baseball: Lone Star Conference Championships in Kingsville. (Continued from Page 2) May 11 – Men’s, women’s outdoor track & field: Javelina Last Chance Amber Perry and Kathy Trevino, the two best quarter runners Meet in Kingsville, Javelina Stadium. in the LSC, also entered the 200-meter dash where Trevino was May 15 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region seventh and Perry eighth, scoring three points for their team. Championships, TBA. Both ran anchor on the 1600-meter relay team, which was May 16 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region second. Championships, TBA. Jonathan Woodson and Anthony Washington, both members of May 17 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region the winner sprint relay team, could have ended their college careers Championships, TBA. two years ago. Woodson wasn’t with the team last season and May 18 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region Washington was redshirted, awaiting for the 2014 campaign. Championships, TBA. On and on go the stories that have brought the success of the May 19 – Baseball: NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships, TBA. track and field program this season. May 22 – Men’s, women’s outdoor track & field: NCAA Division II They all are part of what makes intercollegiate sports so Championships in Allendale, Mich.