On the playing fields:
Track stars Chelsea Hayes (long jump, USA), Jason Morgan (discus, Jamaica) and Ayanna Alexander (triple jump, Trinidad) all qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Bulldog basketball upset No. 1 seed Nevada and advanced to its first ever WAC Tournament championship game under first-year head coach Mike White. Lady Techster outfielder Dacia Hale tied the NCAA Division I softball single game record with 11 RBI in 17-7 win over perennial NCAA Tournament power Fresno State. Bulldog golf earned its highest end-of-the-year ranking in program history, finishing 77th and barely missing its first ever NCAA Regional appearance.
2012-13 LADY TECHSTER BASKETBALL
Bulldog football ended the season on a seven-game winning streak to capture the 2011 WAC Championship – first since 2001 – and earned a berth in the Poinsettia Bowl against 15th-ranked TCU.
Lady Techster basketball recorded its 38th straight winning season and advanced to the WAC Tournament championship game for the eighth time in 11 years. Scotti Culton and Olivia Lukasewich became the first Tech soccer players to play professionally. Alena Erofeyeva won 19 singles matches, falling one short of tying the Lady Techster tennis program record set in 1982 while tennis won the most matches in a season since 1994. Bulldog pitcher Phil Maton was named to the 2012 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American Team. Adriano De Souza was named the ninth head coach in the history of the Lady Techster volleyball program. Bowling posted double digit wins against Top 20 ranked programs during the season. Ryan Allen won the Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter, the only player from a non-BCS school to win a national award.
41