VOLUME XVIII, NO. 49 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 JULY 25, 2018 Gonzales Named Regional Coach of the Year Jason Gonzales, Texas A&M- season at the helm of the Javelina named to All-LSC squads. the Braves in the 1991 draft. Kingsville head baseball coach, program. From Cuero, Gonzales was Gonzales went to the has been named the NCAA He has been the Lone Star drafted by the Atlanta Braves after University of Louisiana-Lafayette Division II South Central Region Conference coach of the year twice his senior year at Cuero High where he played two seasons with coach of the year by the American and his teams have captured two School. the Ragin’ Cajuns. Baseball Coaches Association. LSC championships. The Javelinas He chose to attend college He was an assistant coach at The Javelinas won the also have an LSC tournament title. and went to Blinn College for two his alma mater in 1994 and was an regional championship this spring The Javelinas under Gonzales seasons and was drafted again by (Continued on Page 11) and advanced into the College have reached the regional Baseball World Series where they tournament five times. finished fifth. There have been two Major The team had a 42-17 record. League Baseball selections. This was Gonzales’ 10th Gonzales has had 52 players Sean Landez Landez Nominee For Good Works Team Texas A&M-Kingsville senior the 2018 Allstate/American Athletes who are nominated Sean Landez, 5-8, 170-pound safety Football Coaches Association for the honor demonstrate a from Sharyland, is a nominee for Good Works Team. dedication to community service and to make a positive impact on the lives around them. They also show perseverance as well as the ability to overcome personal Regional struggles and come out victorious Coach of against all odds. the Y ear From the nominees, 11 players Javelina head from NCAA Division I-AA, baseball Division II and Division III and the coach Jason NAIA will be chosen to the team. Gonzales was The recipients on the team will named the NCAA be named in September. Division II Landez, from Mission regional (Sharyland), is a three-year coach of the letterman on the football and track year last and field teams. week by the He is president of the American Fellowship of Christian Athletes Baseball and a member of the Student- Coaches Athlete Advisory Committee. Association. He has helped with the STEM Olympics that helps elementary students prepare for standardized tests. New Video Board Landez has helped with The new video board in Javelina Stadium became operational last week. (Continued on Page 3) It will be used for football games and track and field meets. Javelina Hash Cameron Tennis Coach Selected For By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Induction Into LSC Hall of Honor Former Cameron tennis coach East Texas State/ administrator, 2005. IT’S STILL JAVELINA Stadium. Joe Jones has been selected as Texas A&M-Commerce James Thrower, football/ The new video board in Javelina Stadium shows that the the 2018 inductee into the Lone Autry Beamon, football, 2012. basketball/track & field, 2017. playing field is now named “Pepsi Field”. Star Conference Hall of Honor. Delmer Brown, coach/trainer, Dwight White, football, 2011. Some have been confused and thought the stadium has been The Hall recognizes 2000. Wade Wilson, football, 2003. renamed. outstanding individuals who have Dr. Bill Crabtree, coach, 2007. Angelo State But it’s strictly the playing field, and not the stadium. brought pride and honor to the Ernest Hawkins, coach, 2004. Amy Bippert Bohensky, track conference through their Dr. Jesse Hawthorne, & field, 2010. contributions as an athlete or who Kathleen Brasfield, WHEN THE LONE Star Conference expands to 19 schools this administrator, 1996. have demonstrated a long-term Arthur James, football, 2008. administrator/coach, 2014. time next year, it may have to make that number 20. commitment to the betterment of Harvey Martin, football, 2010. Kyle Freeman, football/track Texas-Tyler has been accepted into the transition program for the conference as a coach or Sam McCord, football/coach, & field, 2003. becoming an NCAA Division II institution and the Patriots may seek administrator. 2006. Phil George, coach, 1996. membership in the Lone Star Conference. Jones is the first Cameron Lewis Ingraham, (Continued on Page 4) “The Lone Star Conference is the best of the many great NCAA inductee. Division II conferences in our region, and there is no other He was the Cameron women’s conference we’d want our Patriot teams to play in,” Dr. Michael tennis coach from 1976-99 and had 2018 Javelina Indoor Volleyball Schedule Tidwell, UT-Tyler president, said in announcing the transition into a 306-100 overall record. His Aug. 24 – Angelo State Invitational in San Angelo. Division II. players had a 95 percent vs. New Mexico Highlands, 10 a.m. The Patriots have a strong athletic program with 15 graduation rate. vs. Arkansas-Fort Smith, 2 p.m. intercollegiate programs. Jones started the Cameron Aug. 25 – Angelo State Invitational in San Angelo. The women’s teams are in basketball, cross country, golf, program in 1977 and had teams vs. St. Mary’s, 8 a.m. soccer, softball, tennis, track and field and volleyball. The men’s compete in the Oklahoma vs. East Central Oklahoma, 4 p.m. programs are in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, Associatioin of Intercollegiate Aug. 28 – Mary Hardin-Baylor in Kingsville (exhibition), 2 p.m. Athletics for Women, the NAIA tennis and track and field. Aug. 31 – Barry University Classic in Miami Shores, Fla. and NCAA Division II. The Patriots won the Division III national baseball title this vs. Saginaw Valley (Mich.) State, 3 p.m. He has been inducted into the vs. Barry (Fla.), 7 p.m. spring and the softball squad has won national titles. Cameron Athletics Hall of Fame. Sept. 1 – Barry University Classic in Miami Shores, Fla. Jones becomes the 55th vs. Southern Connecticut, 11 a.m. THE NCAA DIVISION II Management Council has inductee into the LSC Hall of recommended that the Presidents Council sponsor a proposal that vs. Bridgeport (Conn.), 3 p.m. Honor since its founding in 1996. Sept. 7 - *Western New Mexico in Kingsville, 4 p.m. would replace the Division II permission-to-contact legislation for Texas A&I and Texas A&M- Sept. 8 - *T exas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 2 p.m. four-year athletes with a notification-of-transfer model. Kingsville lead in the number of Sept. 14 - *Texas Woman’s in Denton, noon. inductees with 13. Like the new Division I system, adopted by that division a Sept. 15 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 1 p.m. month ago, the proposed model would require schools to submit an The members of the Hall, by Sept. 18 – S t. Mary’ s in Kingsville, 6 p.m. school, are: athlete’s written request for transfer in a new national portal, after Sept. 20 – St. Edward’s in Austin, 4 p.m. Texas A&I/Texas A&M- which time coaches at other schools would be permitted to contact Sept. 21 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m. Kingsville the athlete. Sept. 22 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, noon Johnny Bailey, football, 2000. The athlete’s current school would be reqired to submit the Sept. 22 – St. Mary’s in Stephenville, 2:30 p.m. request in the portal within seven calendar days of receipt. Sid Blanks, football, 2002. Sept. 28 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Juan Castillo, football, 2015. Under the new proposal, a school would not be able to prevent Sept. 29 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 2 p.m. Karl Douglas, football, 2009. a transfer athlete from receiving an athletic scholarship at a new Oct. 5 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 5:30 p.m. Roberto Garza, football/track school by refusing to grant permission to contact. Schools may Oct. 6 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 2 p.m. & field, 2011. Oct. 9 - *Angelo S tate in Kingsville, 7 p.m. reduce or cancel athletic aid for the following term or academic Darrell Green, football/track & Oct. 12 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 6 p.m. year when an athlete provides a notification of transfer. field, 1998. Schools still can deny use of the one-time transfer exception, Oct. 13 - *Western New Mexico in Deming, N.M., 6 p.m. Ron Harms, coach/ Oct. 19 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 7 p.m. preventing the athlete from competing immediately at the new administrator, 2003. Oct. 20 - *Texas W oman’s in Kingsville, 2 p.m. school and requiring the individual to sit a year in residence. Dwayne Nix, football, 2016 Oct. 23 - *Tarleton S tate in Kingsville, 7 p.m. Fred Nuesch, sports If sponsored by the Presidents Council and adopted at the Oct. 26 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 6 p.m. information director, 2005. NCAA Convention in January, the legislation would become Oct. 27 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 2 p.m. effective for the 2019-20 school year. John Randle, football, 2008. Nov . 2 - *Midwestern S tate in Kingsville, 7 p.m. The council also supported a proposal that would require Richard Ritchie, football, Nov. 3 - *Cameron in Kingsville, 2 p.m. 1999. schools to complete an athletic health and safety survey on an Nov. 8-10 – Lone Star Conference Tournament at the site of the No. 1 seed. Gil Steinke, coach/ annual basis. The survey would be a useful tool in making Nov. 15-17 – NCAA Division II South Central Region playoffs, TBA. decisions around sports medicine staffing, operating budgets and administrator, 1996.