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2014-15 Javelina Sports Year Begins This Week With Football, Volleyball Workouts VOLUME XV, NO. 2 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 AUG. 13, 2014 Five in a Row The Texas A&M- Football Kicks Off With Kingsville Student- Athlete Advisory Initial Workout Friday Committee received The 2014 Texas A&M- the squad will hold full-pad drills the Lone Star Confer- Kingsville football team reports at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday, ence SAAC Cup for Thursday to begin its preseason Friday and Saturday, Aug. 20-23. the fifth consecutive program and the first practice The school-day fall workout year. It goes to a session is set for Friday. schedule begins Monday, Aug. school that compiles Three team meetings are 25. the most points in scheduled for Thursday. The Javelinas won’t be service to the campus The first workout, in helmets, lacking for experience this season. and community. will be at 3:50 p.m. Friday and a Sixty-three of the squad Javelina athletes with similar practice will be at 9:50 a.m. members were with the team last the Cup are Emmanuel Saturday. fall. Ibanez, sophomore The players will don shoulder Twenty-eight are lettermen, cross country and pads for a 4:50 p.m. session six are squadmen and 29 are track and field athlete Sunday and a similar workout will redshirts. from Kingsville (King), be held at 8:50 a.m. Monday. Heading up the lettermen are: and Ashley Coy, junior Full pads will be worn for the …Patrick LeFleur, 5-8, 165- golfer from Bastrop. first time at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday and (Continued on Page 6) Volleyball Reports Sunday Graduation Day Dr. Steven Tallant, left, The Texas A&M-Kingsville Invitational Tournament in president at Texas A&M- volleyball team will holds its first Kingsville. Kingsville, and Dr. workout of the fall season The first Lone Star Manuel Ibanez, right, Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Steinke Conference match is Sept. 19 with past president of the Center. Tarleton State in Stephenville. university, with summer The Javelinas report Sunday The Javelinas have five graduate Tezna Roy, and will meet for the first time at letterwinners returning this fall cross country and track 6:45 p.m. and there are five seniors. and field athlete from There will be two workouts Six are transfers with college Palacios, at last week’s Tuesday and Aug. 20-22. experience and another is a Summer Commencement The Javelinas will meet St. redshirt who was with the squad in the Steinke Center. Edward’s in a 1:30 p.m. scrimmage last fall. Ibanez delivered the Aug. 23 in the Texas-Brownsville The three-year letterwinners commencement address. gymnasium in Brownsville. are: Roy received a bachelor The squad will be preparing …Giselle Carreon, 5-3 of arts degree. Three for its season opener Sept. 5 in the defensive specialist from Corpus athletes received Rollins Invitational Tournament in Christi (Carroll). master’s degrees and 13 Winter Park, Fla., taking on …Sarah Fountain, 5-9 setter received bachelor’s Southern Arkansas. from Las Cruces, N.M. degrees. One coach The home opener will come …Stephanie Johns, 6-0 received a master’s Sept. 12 when the Javelinas host outside hitter from Lubbock degree. the Emerald Beach Hotel-Javelina (Continued on Page 2) Javelina Hash Volleyball Team To Report Sunday Javelina Hash (Continued from Page 1) Amarillo and Texas A&M-Corpus fourth year as head of the Javelina By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs (Coronado). Christi. program, has two tournaments …And Kelsey Washington, …And Alexandria Wells, 5-8 scheduled to open the season. JERON ROBINSON’S RECORD-SETTING high jump at the 5-8 outside hitter from Cuero. junior middle blocker from Austin Joe Morales returns as the NCAA Division II Championships in Allendale, Mich., in May has Washington was first-team (Bowie) and Hill College. assistant coach. him ranked as the 14th best in the world this season. All-Lone Star Conference last The remaining five team Javelina Volleyball Robinson cleared 7-6.5 to win the national title and break the season. members are freshmen: Division II meet record. Shae Smith, 6-0 sophomore …Kelly Cavanaugh, 5-4 setter Preseason Workout He has the third best jump by a United States competitor this middle blocker from Houston from San Antonio (Clark). Schedule season. (Cypress Falls), lettered last year …Krystal Faison, 5-7 outside Monday – 1:30-4:30 p.m. Erik Kynard has a 7-9 best and Dusty Jonas has cleared 7-8.5. as a freshman. hitter from San Antonio (Judson). Tuesday – 9-11 a.m., 2-5 p.m. Kynard and Jonas are professionals. Kynard finished at Kansas Joining Carreon, Fountain, …Shania Gilpin, 5-9 outside Wednesday, Aug. 20 – 9-11 Johns and Washington as seniors hitter from Lubbock (Coronado). State in 2013 and Jonas ended his collegiate career at Nebraska in a.m., 2-4 p.m. is Ashley Tipps, 5-10 middle …Casey Klobedans, 5-10 2008. Thursday, Aug. 21 – 9-11 blocker from Houston (Cypress setter from Boerne (Champion). Robinson will be a senior with the Javelina indoor and outdoor a.m., 2-5 p.m. Woods) who is a transfer from …And Brett Zaccardo, 5-7 teams in 2015. Friday, Aug. 22 – 9-11 a.m., 2- Arkansas State. defensive specialist from Amarillo 4 p.m. The redshirt is Ashley (Bushland). THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE of Texas Highways magazine has a Saturday, Aug. 23 – 9-11 a.m., Bukowski, 5-8 sophomore outside Tanya Allen, starting her 2-5 p.m. 10-page section on “Extraordinary Texans”. hitter from Harlingen. Monday, Aug. 25 – 3-5 p.m. Nine different Texans are featured and one is Armando Hinojosa The transfers, along with Tuesday, Aug. 26 – 2-5 p.m. of Laredo. Tipps, are: Wednesday, Aug. 27 – 2-5 Armando is a graduate of Texas A&I and an internationally …Karly Huebel, 5-8 junior p.m. known sculptor and artist. defensive specialist from Houston Thursday, Aug. 28, 2-5 p.m. One of his works is the javelina sculpture, “Leaders of the (Jersey Village) and Seminole State Friday, Aug. 29 – 2-5 p.m. Pack”, on the boulevard in front of College Hall. in Oklahoma. Saturday, Aug. 30 – 1-4 p.m. He also has a javelina sculpture in one of the engineering …Anyssa Matheson, 5-10 Monday, Sept. 1 – 2-5 p.m. buildings and a sculpture of Dr. Frank Dotterweich is in the junior outside hitter from Worley, Tuesday, Sept. 2 – 2-5:30 p.m. courtyard of the engineering complex. Idaho and North Idaho College. Friday, Sept. 5 – Season His latest sculpture on campus will be dedicated Sept. 6 in …Valarie Moerhig, 5-10 opener with Southern Arkansas in Javelina Stadium. It is the likeness of Javelina coach, player and sophomore outside hitter from La Winter Park, Fla. administrator Gil Steinke. Vernia and Texas A&M-Corpus The article points out that he has at least 35 “monumental” Christi. 2014 Javelina Volleyball Roster …Shaquinn Parker, 5-11 sculptures including works for Sea World San Antonio, the city of No. Name P Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (School) sophomore middle blocker from Corpus Christi, the Boy Scouts and the Laredo airport and on the 1 Kelly Cavanaugh S 5-4 Fr. 0 San Antonio (Clark) grounds of the state capitol building in Austin. 2 Krystal Faison OH 5-7 Fr. 0 San Antonio (Judson) Armando is also an artist and his paintings of wildlife, and 3 Ashley Bukowski OH 5-8 So. RS Harlingen especially javelinas, appear in many public buildings and on private 4 Valarie Moerhig OH 5-10 So. Tr. La Vernia (Texas A&M- home walls. Corpus Christi) Among those who have, or have had, Armando’s art are the 5 Shaquinn Parker MB 5-11 So. Tr. Amarillo (Texas A&M- King Ranch, the Killiam Ranch, singer Vicki Carr, former president Corpus Christi) Richard Nixon, former vice president Walter Mondale, former 6 Sarah Fountain S 5-9 Sr. 3VL Las Cruces, N.M. Texas governors Dolph Briscoe and Bill Clements, the crown prince 7 Casey Klobedans S 5-10 Fr. 0 Boerne (Champion) of Jordan, Mario Moreno (Cantinflas) and pianist Roger Williams. 8 Kelsey Washington OH 5-8 Sr. 3VL Cuero 9 Giselle Carreon DS 5-3 Sr. 3VL Corpus Christi (Carroll) 10 Shae Smith MB 6-0 So. 1VL Houston (Cypress Falls) EDDIE MOTEN CONTINUES to be one of the top players in 11 Anyssa Matheson OH 5-10 Jr. Tr. Worley, Idaho (North the Arena Football League. Idaho College) He is with the Orlando Predators and the squad played in the 12 Alexandria Wells MB 5-8 Jr. Tr. Austin (Bowie) (Hill AFL semifinals Sunday night, meeting the Cleveland Gladiators. College) If the Predators won the game, they will be in the XXVII Arena 13 Karly Huebel DS 5-8 Jr. Tr. Houston (Jersey Village) Bowl game Aug. 23. (Seminole State College) Moten, 5-10, 185-pound defensive back, has been in the AFL 14 Stephanie Johns OH 6-0 Sr. 3VL Lubbock (Coronado) for eight seasons and has been All-AFL first team and was a 15 Shania Gilpin OH 5-9 Fr. 0 Lubbock (Coronado) member of the 2008 Philadelphia Soul squad that captured the 16 Brett Zaccardo DS 5-7 Fr. 0 Amarillo (Bushland) league championship. 19 Ashley Tipps MB 5-10 Sr. Tr. Houston (Cypress He has also played for Dallas, San Jose and New Orleans as Woods) (Arkansas State) well as Orlando and Philadelphia. HEAD COACH: Tanya Allen (Continued on Page 3) Giselle Carreon ASSISTANT COACH: Joe Morales JavelinaJavelinaJavelina HashHash Hash Services Held Upcoming Javelina Events For Former Aug.