Football Season Tickets Now On Sale... 2014 Season Just Around the Corner VOLUME XIV, NO. 45 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 JUNE 11, 2014 Price, Robinson LSC Athletes of the Year Texas A&M-Kingsville tied the Division II all-time athletes Tim Price and Jeron performance mark. Robinson swept the Lone Star He became an All-American Conference Outdoor Track & Field high jumper for the fourth time in Athletes of the Year awards in the his two seasons with the men’s division. Javelinas, and he has qualified for The conference head the USA Nationals June 26-29 in coaches made the selections. Sacramento, Calif. Price, junior from Corpus Robinson had received the Christi (Carroll), recently won the LSC Track & Field Athlete of the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at Year in 2013. Work Underway the NCAA Division II In the women’s division, Work has begun on the area that will house the Gil Steinke statue in Javelina Stadium. The area will also Championships and he had taken Angelo State’s Jordan Gray was include personalized benches and paving stones. The dedication is set for Sept. 6 when the Javelinas open both titles in the Lone Star named the top female athlete of their season at home with Humboldt (Calif.) State. Conference Championships. the year and Libby Strickland of He was named the LSC West Texas A&M was the field 16 Javelina Baseball Players Members outstanding male track athlete honoree. after the conference meet. Lone Star Conference Outdoor Price led the men’s scoring at Track & Field Athlete of the Year Of U.S., Canadian Summer Leagues the national and conference meets Male Track Sixteen Texas A&M- those who concluded their from Victoria (St. Joseph), and and was All-American three times. 2014 – Tim Price, Texas Kingsville players are on summer eligibility this spring. Brian Frazier, outfielder from Robinson, junior from A&M-Kingsville league teams throughout the Four of the Javelinas are in Houston (Kingwood), are with the Houston (Travis), had a record- 2013 – Cameron Lacour, West United States and Canada. Canada and in the Western Major Regina Red Sox; Justin Lee, breaking performance in winning Texas A&M These includes players who Baseball League clubs. infielder from Strathmore, Alberta, the national high jump title, 2012 – Tommy Curry, West will be returning next season and Denver Diefenbach, pitcher is with the Swift Current and Tres clearing 7-6.5. Texas A&M (Continued on Page 3) JAVELINAS IN SUMMER BASEBALL LEAGUES (Continued on Page 5) It broke the meet record and Cline Andrews 3B Bowie Bay Sox Ryan Benitez P Victoria Generals Clay Campbell C Bowie Bay Sox Denver Diefenbach P Regina (Canada) Red Sox Brian Frazier OF Regina (Canada) Red Sox Justen Heuremann P Ozark (Mo.) Generals Blake Johnson OF Bowie Bay Sox Justin Lee IF Swift (Canada) Current Dustin Luna P/OF Liberal (Kan.) Bee Jays David Massey OF Nevada (Mo.) Griffons Ryan Scott P Liberal (Kan.) Bee Jays Mario Siller IF San Antonio Titans Weston Silverberg P Bowie Bay Sox Trey Taylor P/1B Austin Expos New Seating Tres Tyler P Melville (Canada) Millionaires New seats are being added to a section of the West stands in Javelina Stadium. Work will be completed in Clint Wallace C Nevada (Mo.) Griffons time for the Sept. 6 opener with Humboldt (Calif.) State. Javelina Hash Six Sign Letters With Javelinas Six more athletes have signed Duan Wright of Alexandria, La., By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs was first team All-District 28-5A national letters of intent with and Navarro College. twice. Texas A&M-Kingsville athletic Chizer averaged 12 points and Chizer and Ortiz become the LAST WEEK WAS a sad one for the Lone Star Conference teams. 10.5 rebounds a game at Pearland second and third signees for the and NCAA Division II. The baseball squad signed and had 2.3 steals and 1.3 blocks a women, joining Sheridan Pilcher, Two Texas A&M-Commerce women’s basketball players were Dean Fleitman, 6-3, 210-pound game. 5-9 guard from Hurst L.D. Bell killed in an auto accident near Paris and two others were injured. pitcher from Lindsay and North She has also played for six High School. Aubree Britts, sophomore guard from Lewisville, and Devin Central Texas College, according years on the AAU Pearland Francisco Solis, track and Oliver, junior guard from Rowlett, died in the accident and injured to head coach Jason Gonzales. Flames team. field athlete at Corpus Christi were La’Tisha Hearne, junior forward from Richardson, and He had a game his senior Chizer is the niece of former Miller High School, signed with Zenobia Winbush, sophomore guard from San Antonio (Clemens). season in high school where he Javelina football player Allyn Chizer. the Javelina track and field squad. Britts and Oliver started in the Lions’ game with the Javelinas struck out 20 batters. Ortiz averaged 19 points and He finished sixth in the Class Four basketball players have last season in Kingsville. 14 rebounds a game last season and 4A state meet in the 800-meter run signed national letters of intent There was a deadly shooting on the campus of Seattle Pacific, had four blocked shots per game. in a time of 1:55.19. with Texas A&M-Kingsville She hit 49 percent from the Solis won the 800 in the Region a Division II school in Seattle, Wash. Trey Sumpter, 6-5 guard/ The school had its athletic awards banquet scheduled the night field and 50 percent from the IV-4A and District 31-4A meets. forward at Pearland Dawson High three-point arc. He was an All-South Texas of the shooting and it was postponed. School, and Don Thomas, 6-0 Ortiz shot 78 percent from the first-team honoree in cross Javelina athletes competed with Seattle Pacific representatives guard from Spring High School free-throw line. She was All-South country and finished second in at the recent Division II track and field championships in Allendale, and Lee College, have signed with Texas as a junior and senior and district. (Continued on Page 4) Mich. the men’s team, according to head coach Johnny Estelle. FORMER JAVELINA WIDE receiver Brent Holmes is with Kaila Chizer, 6-0 center/ the San Antonio Talons of the Arena Football League. forward from Pearland, and Holmes was with the Javelinas in 2001-03 and was an All-Lone Jennifer Ortiz, 6-0 center from Star Conference honoree. Corpus Christi King High School, have signed with the women’s OUTFIELDER AUSTIN KAISER of Colorado-Mesa was squad, according to head coach named the recipient last week of the Josh Willingham Award for Wade Scott. NCAA Division II most valuable player. Sumpter averaged 14 points He led the NCAA with a .478 batting average this season and and six rebounds a game last had 24 doubles, five triples and 11 home runs. season and was named the most His slugging percentage was .767, which placed him fourth in valuable player after helping his team win the District 24-4A the nation. championship. Kaiser attempted 34 stolen bases and was successful 30 times. He had been named the The Javelinas faced Kaiser twice in the NCAA Division II newcomer of the year in 2013 and South Central Region playoffs. was one of the top 50 nominees The Javelinas beat the Mavericks in the first game of the for the Guy Lewis Award. championship matchup, handing the team its first home loss of the Thomas helped lead Lee to a season. junior college regional title. Mesa defeated the Javelinas by a run in the “if necessary” In high school, he was a game of the championship and went on to finish second in the Class 5A all-state and an All- College World Series. District 13-5A honoree. Javelina shortstop Derrick Walls was one of the eight finalists Thomas averaged a record 20 for the Josh Willingham Award. points a game at Spring and Kaiser was also named the winner of the Tino Martinez Award averaged four rebounds. that goes to the Division II player of the year and is sponsored by Spring won a district title with D2baseballnews.com and College Baseball Lineup. Thomas in the lineup. Thomas has played with the GAME TIMES, HOME and road, have been set for the nine Houston Superstars in AAU Javelina regular-season football games next fall. competition. The Javelinas will host at least five home games and each will They join four earlier signees: have a 7 p.m. kickoff. guard Jamar Goodwin of Ennis and Navarro College, guard- The Lone Star Football Festival game with Texas A&M- forward D.J. Weathers of Mexia Commerce in AT&T Stadium in Arlington will have a 10 a.m. start and McLennan Community time. College, guard William West of A Sept. 27 game with McMurry in Abilene and an Oct. 25 Houston (Clear Lake) and guard Trey Sumpter (Continued on Page 3) Price, Robinson Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash Receive LSC June 14 – General: Football Rio Grande Valley high school camp, camp By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Recognition information at (361) 593-2585, register at www.javelinaathletics.com/camps. (Continued from Page 1) June 21 – General: Football Corpus Christi high school camp, camp (Continued from Page 2) 2011 – Desmond Jackson, information at (361) 593-2585, register at contest with West Texas A&M in Canyon will have 6 p.m. kickoffs. Abilene Christian www.javelinaathleteics.com/camps. A game with Tarleton State Oct. 11 in Stephenville has a 7 p.m.