TAMIU Department of Athletics Annual Report 2018-2019
Mission Statement “Enhance the student experience in a competitive environment which encourages the values of teamwork, integrity, and fair play while helping prepare student-athletes to become productive citizens and loyal alumni.�
Varsity Teams
11 Sports | 5 Men, 6 Women
Softball
Baseball
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Golf Men’s Cross Country
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Cross Country
Volleyball Men’s Golf
Men’s Soccer
2019-2020 Competition
LONE STAR CONFERENCE
TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS AND NEW MEXICO
NCAA DIVISION II
19 LONE STAR CONFERENCE MEMBERS • • • • • •
DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITY TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS – FORT SMITH
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• ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY • CAMERON UNIVERSITY • EASTERN NEW MEXICO • MIDWESTERN STATE • TARLETON STATE • TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE TEXAS WOMAN’S UT PERMIAN BASIN WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY UT TYLER
2018 Women’s Cross Country Honors •
In October 2018, Rebekah Hernandez was named to the Heartland Conference’s 20th Anniversary Women’s Cross Country Team
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In February 2019, the TAMIU Women’s Cross Country team was placed on the 2018 NCAA Division II All-Academic teams list for posting a 3.41 GPA
National, Regional and Heartland Conference Honors Fall 2018 • • • • • • • •
Carlos Herrera: Named to NPSL’s Lone Star Conference XI (7/13/18) Named to NPSL’s South Region XI (7/23/18) TopDrawerSoccer.com NPSL Team of the Week (6/13/18) Parker Holekamp: Qualified for the 118th US Amateur Tournament (8/13/18) Lacy Asdourian: Heartland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Volleyball) (10/23/18) Cio Bargallo: 2018 All-Heartland Conference Women’s Soccer Second Team (10/31/18) Rafael Montabes: 2018 All-Heartland Conference Women’s Soccer Second Team (11/1/18) Renee Contreras, Karla Resendez and Abril Escamilla: 2019 Women’s Cross Country All-Heartland Conference First Team Nicholas Martinez: 2019 Men’s Cross Country All-Heartland Conference Second Team Women’s Cross Country competed in the NCAA South Central Regional
National, Regional and Heartland Conference Honors Spring 2019
Parker Holekamp
Heartland Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week (2/6/19) and 2019 All-Heartland Conference Men’s Golf First Team (First award in program history)
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Obi Obinwa
Heartland Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week (2/6/19)
Maddison Schofield
Heartland Conference Softball Hitter of the Week (2/12/19), 2019 All-Heartland Conference Softball First Team, 2019 Heartland Conference Softball All-Tournament Team and 2019 Heartland Conference Softball Player of the Year
Brent Finn: Heartland Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week (1/14/19) Maya Paul: 2019 All-Heartland Conference Softball First Team Lindsey Smith and Heather Ruiz: 2019 Heartland Conference Softball All-Tournament Team Shelby Edwards: 2019 All-Heartland Conference Softball Second Team Jorge Napoles: 2019 All-Heartland Conference Baseball First Team, 2019 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team and 2019 NCBWA All-Region Second Team Matthew Rosales and Andrew Holsey: 2019 All-Heartland Conference Baseball Second Team Santiago Garcia: 2019 Heartland Conference Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year
2019 Heartland Conference Championship Appearances -
On November 3, 2018, TAMIU hosted the 2019 Heartland Conference Cross Country Championships at the Max A. Mandel Municipal Golf Course The Women’s Cross Country team finished in 3rd place while the Men’s Cross Country team ended up in 5th place Softball placed 5th in the Heartland Conference and advanced to the postseason for the 11th consecutive season In the 2019 Heartland Conference Softball Championship the Dustdevils defeated No. 3 seed Rogers State and No. 1 seed St. Mary’s
Student-Athlete Academic Success
• Fall 2018: 98 student-athletes named to Heartland Conference Honor Roll (45/53) • Spring 2019: 100 student-athletes named to Heartland Conference Honor Roll (44/56)
President’s List Fall 2018 • 45 student-athletes named to the President’s List (3.5+ GPA) Susanna Abrahamsson Joel Alfaro Kendall Alsup Gulten Altunbulak Briana Arredondo Lacy Asdourian Cio Bargallo Aragones Aleksandra Bilic Tamara Cafuta Mackenzie Catalina Sara Caterson
Christopher Cervantes Nicole Cohen Briana Cruz Annie Deininger Abril Escamilla Caesar Espinoza Anabella Forncrook Sammantha Herrera Stephanie Gonzalez Cem Izgec Justin Kim Melanie Lint
Denise Longoria Ruben Martinez Leah McManus Diego Meda Porscha Miseles-Huff Eddie Navarrete Ruben Nielsen Debora Orieta Rio Orion Krystina Palacios Elias Perales
Andres Rondon Samantha Ruiz Sarah Sandoval Hannah Semon Jorge Sicre Ruben Solis Mark Trimble Clarissa Valdez Jay Vega Jasmine Wilhite Mireya Zarazua
Commissioner’s List Fall 2018 • 53 student-athletes named to the Commissioner’s List (3.0-3.49 GPA) Yannik Alexander Marcos Amador Gabriel Arias Samantha Bernal Roger Bonilla Alliyah Bryant Brandon Butler Adrian Castillo Morgan Chavarria Renee Contreras Jesica Cortez Alejandro Cruz Montserrat De La Pascua
Matthew Edgar Victoria Esquivel Bryce Faust Brent Finn Ronnie Fountain Santiago Garcia Xabier Gomez Napoles Aubrey Hall Brock Hargens Genaro Hernandez Parker Holekamp Jace Johnson Joshua Jones Guillermo Lisboa
Jenika Lombrana Roberto Molina Nicholas Montemayor Erin Mosley Jorge Napoles Andrew Pavon Johan Portales Karla Resendez Elena Rivera Mya Rodriguez Matthew Rosales Justin Rumley Maddison Schofield
Natchawan Serisamran Lindsey Smith Claudette Soto Giovana Soto Daniel Spinuzza Mathew Trevino Megan Unrath Matthew Villanueva Lincy Villatoro Ciera Walker Kylie Wellard Jacob Williamson Gabrielle Zamora
President’s List Spring 2019 • 44 student-athletes named to the President’s List (3.5+ GPA) Yannik Alexander Marcos Amador Gabriel Arias Briana Arredondo Lacy Asdourian Cio Bargallo Aragones Ashley Barrientos Samantha Bernal Keanu Born Brandon Butler Mackenzie Catalina
Renee Contreras Briana Cruz Nadava Datner Jorge Encinas Sicre Abril Escamilla Victoria Esquivel Anabella Forncrook Stephanie Gonzalez Sammantha Herrera Tomas Higgins Caleb Highley
Cristina Ibarra Cem Izgec Justin Kim Maison Kosse Melanie Lint Denise Longoria Gracielle Martinez Diego Meda Samantha Mendiola Eddie Navarrete Rio Orion
Krystina Palacios Johan Portales Elena Rivera Andres Russi Rondon Hannah Semon Mark Trimble Clarissa Valdez Jay Vega Allison Wade Gabrielle Zamora Mireya Zarazua
Commissioner’s List Spring 2019 • 56 student-athletes named to the Commissioner’s List (3.0-3.49 GPA) Susanna Abrahamsson Joel Alfaro Tacoya Allen Kendal Alsup Gulten Altunbulak Roger Bonilla Thomas Canales Adrian Castillo Sara Caterson Christopher Cervantes Amanda Davila Annie Deininger Matthew Edgar Caesar Espinoza
Brent Finn Alberto Flores Ronnie Fountain Santiago Garcia Marina Gatica Xabier Gomez Napoles Dannia Gonzalez Aubrey Hall Parker Holekamp Elicia Jackson Dominic Jackson-Anasson Angel Jimenez Duane Johnson Joshua Jones
Damon Leach Mauro Luna Valeria Macias Miranda Martinez Ruben Martinez Porscha Miseles-Huff Rafael Montabes Calleja Nicholas Montemayor Romarin Ngapouth Ruben Nielsen Andres Ogaz-Fuentes Debora Orieta Christine Ortega Jasmin Palacios
Andrew Pavon Zachary Pena Elias Perales Karla Resendez Lizann Ruiz Samantha Ruiz Philip Sanchez Maddison Schofield Lindsey Smith Ruben Solis Giovanna Soto Daniel Spinuzza Ciera Walker Jasmine Wilhite
Student-Athlete Academic Success • This year we had 28 student-athletes graduate (Fall 2018: 11 -- Spring 2019: 17) • 2018-2019, all 13 of our 5th Year Aid Participants graduated • 5th Year Aid Participants: From 2013-2019, we have had 84/87 student-athletes graduate
Summer 2018 and Fall 2018 Student-Athlete Graduates
Genaro Hernandez Soccer
Kyle Kieschnick Baseball
Yolanda Gonzalez Soccer
Jesse Phipps Baseball
Megan Unrath Volleyball
Allyssa Soneff Softball
Dan Milota Basketball
Samantha Edmiston Softball
Jeremy Wright Basketball
Cassie Cannon Softball
Robi Kami Softball
Spring 2019 Student-Athlete Graduates
Marcos Amador Cross Country
Renee Contreras Cross Country
Jovany Carlino Soccer
Roberto Molina Soccer
Daniel Espinoza Baseball
Christopher Cervantes Soccer
Kamari Robinson Basketball
Ruben Solis Baseball
Max Cruz Soccer
LaShae Rolle Basketball
Jake Hulsey Baseball
Rafael Montabes Soccer
Andres Ogaz Soccer
Abel Aguilar Baseball
Justin Diaz Baseball
Sara Caterson Softball
Hannah Jiao Women’s Golf
Maroon Madness 2018 • On October 17, 2018, the Texas A&M International University Department of Athletics hosted Maroon Madness • Over 1,500 students had the opportunity to win multiple prizes including a flatscreen TV, a gaming console, $500 Gift Card to the Bookstore, Beats Headphones and more • Free food was also given to students courtesy of Popeyes and free t-shirts to the first 1,200 students courtesy of Housing and Residence Life
Dustdevils in the Community On December 1, 2018, the Texas A&M International University baseball team spread Christmas cheer for the third-straight year among the patients in the Laredo Medical Center Pediatric Ward.
Spirit Week 2019 Shopping Cart Parade
Dunking Booth for Make-A-Wish Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. TAMIU Coronation
Pep Rally
Building Homes For Heroes 2019 $1,703 Donated to TAMIU Student Veterans Association in 2017 • •
39% Increase
$2,360 Donated to Building Homes for Heroes in 2018
48% Increase
$3,500 Donated to Building Homes for Heroes in 2019
On March 23, 2019, the Texas A&M International University Department of Athletics hosted its 7th annual Building Homes for Heroes TAMIU Baseball/Softball BBQ Party BBQ Plates that featured brisket sandwiches, chips and soft drinks were cooked on site by Brothers in Smoke. Off-Road Show and shine presented by MudBug Jeep and Jeep Punishment. Children’s activities including outdoor inflatable bouncers
Supporting The Community 40
Community Service Events
Dustdevils in the Community 2016-2017
1,223
Hours served by Student-Athletes
99
Student-Athletes Involved
Dustdevils in the Community 2017-2018
39
Community Service Events
47
Community Service Events
996
Hours served by Student-Athletes
162
Student-Athletes Involved
Dustdevils in the Community 2018-2019
2,048
Hours served by Student-Athletes
192
Student-Athletes Involved
Corporate Partnerships
• Over 25 corporate sponsors • Over $160,000 including cash and Gift in Kind commitments • Over $25,000 in donations from over 70 Dustdevil Club members • Significant athletic scholarship donations from the following foundations: • • • •
Killam Family Foundation Lamar Bruni Vergara made six figure donations for 2018-19 Jorge Haynes Athletic Scholarship Jack Brown Scholarship
Social Media Follow us @TAMIUAthletics 4,200+ Likes and Follows
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New Staff Members • Nate Vogel: Head Women’s Basketball Coach • Anyssa Infante: Cheer and Dance Head Coach • Jake Hudspeth: Sports Information Director • Kayla Zambanini: Head Athletic Trainer • Noah Rosenthal: Assistant Sports Information Director • Phillip Garcia: Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach • Timm Dixon: Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach
Ernst Feisner Head Athletic Trainer
• On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, was struck by tragedy when Head Athletic Trainer, Ernst Feisner died at 55 years old not long into his 16th season at TAMIU • On Sunday, September 30, 2018, the TAMIU Department of Athletics held a memorial service to honor his memory
Thank You! Griz Zimmermann Director of Athletics Office: (956)326-2890 Email: Griz@TAMIU.edu