Girls Basketball Camps July 13-17 Registeration Now Open VOLUME XV, NO. 49 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 JULY 8, 2015 Robinson Hitting the Big Stage Jeron Robinson will step onto ESPN Deportes will telecast Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, the big stage when he takes part 200 hours live, dedicating 12 Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, in the 2015 Pan American Games hours of live coverage every day Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, July 25 in Toronto, Ontario, starting at 9 a.m. A nightly edition Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Canada. of SportsCenter and a recap of the Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and The Texas A&M-Kingsville highlights of the day will be on Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and high jumper will be a part of the daily. the Grenadines, Suriname, USA team taking part in the 16- ESPN and ESPN2 will present Trinidad and Tobago, United day meet, which features athletes 66 live hours. States, Uruguay, Venezuela and from 44 countries in the Western ESPN will kickoff with the Virgin Islands. Hemisphere. opening ceremony July 10 at 6:30 Robinson, junior from p.m.. It marks the first English- Houston (Travis), earned a spot language live presentation of the on the team by finishing fourth in ceremony in 30 years. the recent USA Track and Field Its coverage will wrap up with Championships in Eugene, Ore. a five-hour live show July 26, He cleared 7-5.75 in the starting at noon, for the closing Oregon meet and has a best of 7-7 day of the Games. this season. Between July 11-25, ESPN2 Robinson has been the will present two-to-six hours of dominant high jumper in NCAA daily live coverage focused on Division II for the past three men’s and women’s basketball and years, and has been one of the top volleyball, diving, swimming, collegiate jumpers, any gymnastics, boxing, track and field Both Headed to Canada classification. and soccer. Javelina high jumper Jeron Robinson, right, and Javelina head track He has won three The network will also present and field coach Ryan Dall will be at the Pan American Games later this consecutive Division II outdoor daily highlights of all medal month in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. championships. winners. As of Friday, the U.S. hadn’t ESPN3 will carry 580 hours of 79 Athletes, Staff Members named its athletes who will be Games programming with live taking part in the Pan American access to most of the competition. Receive Degrees in 2014-15 Games. Longhorn Network will have 44 The Games are scheduled for live hours dedicated to diving, Seventy-nine Texas A&M- Poland, cum laude, with honors. July 10-26. swimming and women’s volleyball. Kingsville athletes and staff …..Britny Biles, track and The Games will be widely Longhorn Network will have members received degrees during field athlete from Portland covered by ESPN Deportes TV, 44 live hours dedicated to diving, the 2014-15 school year. (Gregory-Portland), cum laude. ESPN, ESPN2 and the Longhorn swimming and women’s volleyball. Seventeen were graduated in …..Nicholas Brown, track and Network. Countries expected to have the August 2014 ceremony, 25 field athlete from Victoria athletes at the Pan American received degrees in December 2014 (Memorial), summa cum laude, Games are Antigua/Barbuda, Getting Help and 37 were graduated in May. with highest honors. Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Javelina volleyball camp partici- Thirteen were graduated with …..Javan Gray, track and field Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, pant Charlotte Brown gets help honors. athlete from Springfield, Ore., Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin from Javelina assistant coach These were: magna cum laude, with high Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Hannah Walker during a volley- …..Rita Banaszczak, honors. Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, ball camp last week in the basketball player from Warsaw, (Continued on Page 5) Dominica, Dominican Republic, Steinke Center. Javelina Hash 75 Athletes Receive University By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Academic Honores in 2014-15 Seventy-five Texas A&M- On the Dean’s List in the fall …Thomas Diaz, basketball TWO OF THE NCAA Division II sports will see an expansion Kingsville athletes and staff and spring semesters were: player from Bogota, Colombia. of their brackets this coming year. members received university …Alex Lichtenberger, track …Ryan Fickel, baseball In football, there will be 28 teams selected for the postseason academic honors in 2014-15. and field athlete from Bishop player from Liberty Hill. playoffs, up from the 24 of the past several seasons. Twenty were on the (Santa Gertrudis Academy). …Adela Gomez, softball The baseball playoff field will expand to 56 teams, a jump from President’s List, which includes …Kaina Martinez, track and player from Alvin. the current 48. students with a perfect 4.0 grade field athlete from Seine Bight, …Javan Gray, track and field This means that there will be seven teams in each of the point average and enrolled for at Belize. athlete from Springfield, Ore. football super regionals and there will be seven clubs in each of the least 15 hours in the semester in …Martina Urrutia, tennis …Elias Madrid, track and baseball regions. which they are honored. player from Madrid, Spain. field/cross country athlete from Five of the athletes were on The remaining athletes on Evans, Ga. THERE WAS A major shakeup in two of the NCAA Division II the President’s List in the fall and the Dean’s List were: …Logan Nelson, track and spring semesters. conferences last week. …Nicholas Brown, track and field athlete from Orange Grove. They were: …Andrew Rivas, track and Five schools announced they would be joining the Great field athlete from Victoria …Meagan Cantu, golfer from (Memorial). field athlete from Kingsville Midwest Atlantic Conference. Monte Alto (Edcouch-Elsa). …Clay Campbell, baseball (King). The schools are currently in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate …Marija Dimitrovska, tennis player from Sugar Land (Lamar). (Continued on Page 4) Athletic Conference. player from Skopje, Macedonia. Departing the GLIAC are Findlay (Ohio), Hillsdale (Mich.), …Dylan Dimock, track and Malone (Ohio), Ohio Dominican, Lake Erie (Ohio) and Walsh field athlete from Toronto, Ontario. (Ohio). …Bryce Martin, track and Malone will become affiliated with the GMAC in 2016-17 and field athlete from Salado. the other four will make the move for the 2017-18 school year. …Ashlea Rosenbaum, golfer The GLIAC has had 16 members and this will drop to 11 with from Brownsville (Hanna). the migration. The other athletes on the The GMAC, composed of all private schools, currently has President’s List were: eight members and this will move to 13 after the five GLIAC …Eleni Anastasova, tennis institutions become affiliated. player from Varna, Bulgaria. In the GMAC at the present are Alderson-Broaddus (W. Va.), …Nicholas Brown, track and Cedarville (Ohio), Davis & Elkins (W. Va.), Kentucky Wesleyan, field athlete from Victoria Ohio Valley, Salem International (W. Va.), Ursuline (Ohio) and (Memorial). Javelina From Birth Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.). …Javan Gray, track and field Adelyn Jewel Paredes, born June 19 in Columbia, Mo., shows her Current members of the GLIAC are Ashland (Ohio), Ferris athlete from Springfield, Ore. loyalty early with her “My First Javelina Tee” shirt. She is the …Michael Idziak, track and daughter of former Javelina assistant athletic director for academic (Mich.) State, Findlay (Ohio), Grand Valley (Mich.) State, Hillsdale field/cross country athlete from outreach, champs life skills and community engagement Miguel (Mich.), Lake Erie (Ohio), Lake Superior (Mich.) State, Malone Mosina, Poland. Paredes and his wife, Kea. He a coach at Central Methodist University. (Ohio), Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan, Northwood (Mich.), …Aundra Long, football Ohio Dominican, Saginaw Valley (Mich.), Tiffin (Ohio) and Walsh player from Huntsville. (Ohio). …Taylor McCumber, track 2015 Javelina Football Schedule Findlay will have the largest enrollment in the GMAC at 4,000. and field athlete from George Sept. 5 – Incarnate Word in San Antonio, 7 p.m. Grand Valley (Mich.) State of the GLIAC has an enrollment of West. Sept. 12 – Missouri S&T in Kingsville, 7 p.m. 25,100. …Mariah Noyola, track and Sept. 19 – *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Therein is probably the reason for the teams moving. Grand field athlete from Harlingen Sept. 26 - West Alabama in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Valley has six times the students than many of the schools in the (South). Oct. 3 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 3 p.m. (MDT) GLIAC and is a dominate force not only in the conference but in …Matt Perez, baseball player Oct. 10 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. NCAA Division II as well. from Stevensville, Montana. Oct. 17 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m. …Andrew Shows, football Oct. 24 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 7 p.m. THE LONE STAR Conference football schedule has been player from Corpus Christi Oct. 31 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 1 p.m. released and the postseason playoffs will be held again, and for the (Calallen). Nov. 7 – Lone Star Conference playoffs, TBA. Nov. 14 – Lone Star Conference playoffs, TBA. final time. …..Joseph Soza, track and Nov. 21 – NCAA Division II first round playoffs, TBA. The seven LSC teams will participate and Oklahoma Panhandle field athlete from Corpus Christi Nov. 28 – NCAA Division II second round playoffs, TBA. State will also take part even though it isn’t a member of the (King). Twenty-three were on the Dec. 5 – NCAA Division II quarterfinals, TBA. conference and won’t be playing for a position in the action. Dec. 12 – NCAA Division II semifinals, TBA. The teams will be seeded according to their final finish in the Dean’s List. It includes students who had at least a 3.65 grade point Dec.