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hen the Texas A&M softball team completed a 6-2 win against Wisconsin on Saturday, head coach Jo Evans made his-
tory. She became only the eighth active coach in Division I history to reach 1,000 wins. In a news conference following her career milestone, Evans was the first to talk about her team’s victory rather than her accomplishment. “I thought our team played really well,” Evans said. “It’s fun to get it on a game where it’s a quality opponent, and
it’s a tough game and a challenging situation. That’s just a more fun way to play the game every day. I thought our kids played really well. I was proud of them.” Evans has had much success at A&M, recording 14 appearances in the NCAA postseason, including two consecutive trips
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Freshman and early signee Kyle Allen takes snaps at spring practice. Allen will be among the quarterbacks vying for the starting job.
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The Battalion mid the sounds of nearby construction at Kyle Field, Texas A&M spring football practice kicked off Friday to the tune of Drake’s “Trophies” blasting on the loudspeakers. Although the spring is young, head coach Kevin Sumlin said he was pleased with the overall tempo displayed by his team. “It was a great start, weather was good, had a lot of energy which you expect from the first day, a lot of good looking [kids] — Larry Jackson has done a fine job in the off season, they’ve utilized their meeting time well,” Sumlin said. “I thought our guys understood the schemes that we tried to install and guys were buzzing around. Good tempo, had some good looking prospects out there too watching practice, a little DJ double-R cranking it up a little bit, so all in all I thought it was good.” As the first two practices came to a close this weekend, Texas A&M spring football continues Monday, Wednesday and Thursday with competition brewing at all positions. Check out the recaps at thebatt. com and follows on Twitter at @battsports for the latest news.
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Kamaria Brown competes in the SEC championships.
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amaria Brown started running at 6 years old. In 2014, the junior Texas A&M sprinter is still running — to the tune of an unprecedented SEC sprint event sweep. “I always used to ask my mom, ‘Can I do another sport?’” Brown said. “She would say, ‘OK, let’s wait until the summer,’ then summer comes and I was still running track.” Brown, a native of Baton Rouge, La., scored wins in the 200- and 400-meter this weekend at the SEC Indoor Championships at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium. No male or female sprinter has
ever won both events. “For Kamaria Brown to do that is just a huge day for her,” Texas A&M head coach Pat Henry said. “She’s a tremendous athlete and she’s a world-class athlete.” Brown said the feat is difficult and exhaustion almost kept her from achieving it. “I was extremely tired from the 400, but I have been training very hard and I was prepared for it,” Brown said. “Doubling is not easy, so this is very exciting for me.” This weekend wasn’t the first time See Brown on page 2
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he Texas A&M men’s 4x400 relay team set a collegiate record, and Kamaria Brown knotted the first-ever double victory in the 200- and 400-meter to drive a weekend for the Aggies that ended without a team championship at the SEC Indoor Track Championships at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium. The men finished third and the women finished second, hamstrung by a disqualification in the 4x400 that cost the team the championship. The disqualification docked the Aggies the points they needed to top Florida, which won with 102 points after officials declared that A&M impeded the Gators during the anchor leg of the relay. The decision was sustained after an appeal submitted by Texas A&M to the jury of appeals. Texas A&M women finished second with 96.5 points. Prior to the disqualification, the Aggie women totaled 104.5 points over Florida’s 102. Texas A&M head coach Pat Henry said he was disappointed to lose in such a fashion. “Especially on a call like that, it’s a tough one,” Henry said. “We’ll stand up, we’ll come back another day, and we’ll be ready to go. You don’t like to lose big time meets like this on a call like that, but it happens.” With a time of 3 minutes, 3.2 seconds, the men’s 4x400 team consisting of Shavez Hart, Aldrich Bailey, Jr., Carlyle Roudette and Deon Lendore topped the previous record of 3:03.5 set by Arkansas in 2013. Brown’s double victory in the 200 and 400 made her the first SEC
sprinter, male or female, to achieve this feat. Brown bested her own record she set in the 200 preliminaries Friday by .01 seconds, breaking the SEC meet record, facility record and school record. Brown also took the title in the 400 with a time of 50.94 seconds, which broke the SEC meet record set in 2004 and made her the eighthfastest collegian of all time, though she said she didn’t expect to set the record. “My coach always tells me to trust in my training and take it one race at a time, so that is what I did,” Brown said. Arkansas took the men’s team title for the third consecutive year with 121 points followed by Florida with 106 points and A&M with 83.33. Arkansas head coach Chris Bucknam said he was ecstatic after his team’s win. “These guys are a special group,” Bucknam said. “It was one of the most satisfying wins that we’ve had. I’m proud of my coaches, I’m proud of my athletes. Unbelievable job.” Other notable performances include Jena Hemann, who placed seventh in the women’s pentathlon with 4,079 points and set a new A&M record. “I’m very excited that I broke the school record,” Hemann said. “It’s awesome. But, of course, I’m disappointed with the place. Coach Henry just told me it’s still two points for the team. Overall, though, I’m pleased.” Lendore defended his SEC indoor title in the 400-meter with a world-leading time of 45.03 seconds. The men’s 4x400 relay anchor beat his own school record of 45.15 and broke the facility record of 45.33 set by A&M’s Demetrius Pinder in 2011.
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Brown has been noticed for her work on the track. After accumulating high school honors, including three titles in the 2007 AAU Junior Olympics, Brown’s dedication paid off in the form of collegiate offers from across the nation. But to Brown, Texas A&M was the perfect fit. “I had offers from everywhere but coach Henry and [assistant] coach [Vince] Anderson really showed me that I can not only have a coaching relationship with them but also a personal relationship as well,” Brown said. “And that’s what I really wanted.” Prior to her weekend double victory, Brown already accumulated two SEC Athlete of the Week honors this season and holds a world record in the 200 meters. Although track has characteristics of an individual sport, Brown still demonstrates leadership qualities, said Shamier Little, teammate and current SEC Freshman of the Week. Little said Brown’s motivation and determination has helped her team cope under pressure. “I like working with her,” Little said. “When we’re practicing, she helps push us a lot. She helps calm us down if we were to be nervous and doesn’t really give in to [pressure] when we’re all just nervous. I think that’s really good, something that we need.” Brown’s ability to remain calm and collected carries over into races, at which times Brown said she stays focused and tries to listen to her coaching. “My main thing is I try to start the race right so that way the time will take care of itself,” Brown said. “So if I set it up right from the start, then it sets me up for a good time. I just want to make sure I’m doing everything I’m practicing and doing everything my coach is telling me because I trust their coaching.” Brown will seek a follow-up to her SEC championships performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14-15.
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The Battalion he No. 13 Texas A&M softball team (16-4) completed a fourgame sweep at the Texas A&M Invitational this weekend. The Aggies began with victories against UConn, 14-4, and Wisconsin, 6-1, on Friday. The Aggies continued their winning ways Saturday with repeat victories against Wisconsin, 6-2, and UConn, 6-1. After completing Saturday’s win against Wisconsin, A&M head coach Jo Evans became the only active coach in the SEC and the eighth in Division I to reach 1,000 career
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wins. Due to inclement weather, the final game of the invitational between Texas A&M and Texas A&M Corpus Christi was rescheduled for April 22, when the Aggies and the Islanders will play a doubleheader at the Aggie softball complex. Although the attention of the weekend was on Evans and her milestone, she put the focus back on her players. “I thought our team played really well,” Evans said. “It’s fun to get it in a game where it’s a quality opponent and it’s a tough game and a challenging situation. That’s just a more fun way to play the game every day. I thought our kids played really well. I was proud of them.” Senior catcher Nicole Morgan went 4-7 with two home runs and five RBIs. Both of Morgan’s home
runs cleared the complex and landed across the street in the Reed Arena parking lot. Evans said the performance spoke volumes of Morgan’s offensive and defensive play. “Nicole Morgan is really a special player and it’s fun to see her come into her own,” Evans said. “She’s light-hearted, she’s having a good time [and] she’s letting the game come to her. If you had asked her at the beginning of the year, she would have said, ‘Please play me at first base. I love first base.’ I finally told her, ‘We can’t do that. You’re too good behind the plate. You’re going to have to get used to it.’ And now she’s embraced it and she’s doing a great job.” Evans said she was pleased with the way senior first baseman Jenna Stark played, and said her leadership
qualities are key to this year’s club. “I’ll tell you, the biggest difference in [the game against Wisconsin] was Jenna Stark getting up there with two outs and getting the ground ball up the middle to score a couple of runs and give us a little cushion,” Evans said. “She’s such a good leader and we want her out there on the field. We want her leadership and the qualities that she brings to our ball club, and it’s nice to see her get up there and produce.” The Aggies next take the diamond Wednesday against Texas State in San Marcos, and begin SEC conference play at 7 p.m. Friday at the Aggie softball complex against Missouri.
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Women’s College World Series in 2007 and 2008. After A&M returned to the world series for the first time in 20 seasons in 2007, the 2008 Aggies gutted their way to the Championship Series and posted a national runner-up finish, in addition to the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles. A&M compiled the most victories in school history with a 57-10 overall record and led the nation with a .983 fielding percentage. Evans began her coaching career at Colorado State University in 1986, where she posted a 91-67 record during her four-year stint with the Rams. In her fourth season, Evans led CSU to a 37-14 record in what was a breakout season for the Rams. Evans’ next stop was Utah, her alma mater. She enjoyed early success as the Utes reached the Women’s College World Series in her second year as coach. That season and the following year, Evans claimed Western Athletic Conference tournament titles. After a successful five years as Utah’s skipper, Texas A&M called Evans in 1996 and Evans accepted the job, excited of the opportunity to have the talent and resources that A&M has to offer. “When I came on my visit I was impressed by the facilities and the idea of being able to practice outside in the winter as well as being able to compete in the Big 12 Conference,” Evans said. “I ultimately took this job because I thought I needed a new challenge. I was excited to get the opportunity to come here. I felt like I had done what I could at Utah and it was time to move on.” Evans has guided 15 All-Americans, 39 All-Region selections and two All-SEC players during her career at A&M, now in its 18th season. “This is obviously a special place, and I tell people that I’ve fallen in love with Texas A&M,” Evans said. “I consider myself very fortunate to be at the helm of this program. It’s a special place to be. It’s really fun to do it with this ball club. It’s a ball club that I really enjoy coaching. I’m really fond of them and have great affection for them. It’s nice for us to get in the trenches together and get that done.”
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The Battalion fter outscoring opponents 51-14 over the first eight games, the No. 17 Texas A&M baseball team scored just five runs and was swept by Fresno State this weekend. The A&M offense struck out a season-high 14 times on Sunday — including 11 from Bulldog sophomore starter Tim Borst — who wound up with a no-decision despite eight innings of scoreless pitching. Grayson Long, A&M’s sophomore starter, threw 5.1 innings and gave up four hits, walking one and striking out three. Long has yet to give up an earned run this season after 19.1 innings of work. Every Aggie hitter had at least one strikeout on Sunday, with the exception of AllAmerican first baseman Cole Lankford. A&M mustered just three singles throughout the game — one each from Logan Nottebrok, Troy Stein and Nick Banks. The Aggies had a chance to take the lead in the top of the ninth inning in a scoreless game. Junior leadoff hitter Blake Allemand worked a oneout walk. After a Logan Taylor strikeout, Allemand advanced to second on a wild pitch — but was stranded when Nottebrok struck out looking. A slow rolling ball that Taylor couldn’t handle put the winning run on base for the Bulldogs in the ninth. Fresno State’s Trent Woodward stole second after reaching on a fielder’s choice. Senior closer Jason Jester was brought in to bail out the Aggies, but gave up a single to Bulldog designated hitter Taylor Ward — who was 3-for-4 on the day — which scored Woodward from second, ensuring a walk-off victory for Fresno State (9-2). The teams played a doubleheader on Saturday due to inclement weather on Friday. The Aggies dropped the opener after an uncharacteristically wild outing from junior ace Daniel Mengden. Mengden (1-2, 3.15 ERA) went seven innings, but threw three wild pitches, walked one, hit two batters and gave up five earned runs in A&M’s 5-0 loss. Nottebrok and Hunter Melton’s two singles were the lone hits in the game for the Aggies. In the nightcap, A&M quickly put up two runs in the second inning and then three more in the sixth to build a 5-1 lead heading to the bottom of the inning. Four straight Bulldog singles off of Aggie starting pitcher Parker Ray (1-0, 4.32 ERA) sent head coach Rob Childress to the mound with his team now up 5-3. Childress brought in freshman Tyler Stubblefield who induced a double play after giving up a single to load the bases. However, a two-out RBI single and an error from Jonathon Moroney allowed the Bulldogs to take a 6-5 lead — where the game would stay. A&M (7-4) returns to action Tuesday when it takes on UT Arlington at Globe Life Park in Arlington. After that game, the Aggies come back to Blue Bell Park for a six-game home stand starting Wednesday with a 6:35 p.m. matchup against Texas Southern.
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The Battalion he No. 17 Texas A&M women’s basketball team finished its regular season with an 83-72 victory over the Florida Gators on Sunday. The Aggies finish 13-3 in conference play, tying their best-ever conference record. A&M cemented a 7-1 road conference record, the best in program history. The Aggies (23-7, 13-3 SEC) had five players post double figures in either points or assists Sunday as A&M scored a season-high 83 points.
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A&M jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first three minutes and would surrender that advantage just twice the rest of the half. Junior guard Tori Scott led the scoring in the first frame for A&M with 12 points, as the Aggies took a 35-34 lead into halftime. After the break, the Gators (18-11, 8-8 SEC) were able to keep within 10 points for much of the second half until a Karla Gilbert layup put A&M ahead 65-54 with just under seven minutes to play. Florida would only come within seven points the rest of the game. Sophomore point guard Jordon Jones, fresh off a triple-double performance against Arkansas, set a career high with 14 assists. She is
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just 26 away from the A&M single season assist record and is the third player in A&M history to tally more than 200 assists in a season, totaling 205. Junior forward Achiri Ade dominated the boards en route to her fourth career double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Gilbert led the scoring with 23 points while adding three blocks. She now has 57 blocks on the season and is one away from tying the single-season record of 58. The Aggies will next travel to Duluth, Ga., for the opening of the SEC tournament, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday. A&M is the defending tournament champion and will be the No. 3 seed.
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Building over the weekend. Archers of all ages gathered to shoot either recurve or compound bows. Archers aged 8-20 competed in the Junior Olympic Archery Development. Archers exceeding this age range competed in the United States Archery Team. Texas A&M Archery team member Heather Koehl, sophomore communication major, shot
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in the senior female recurve division. Koehl said recurve is similar to the traditional “Robin Hood bow,” which focuses on form, whereas the compound bow is a “pulley system,” which focuses on aim. Archery has come into the public eye with films such as Disney’s “Brave” and The Hunger Games franchise. Bill Coady, a coach of the A&M archery team, said these films have had a “huge effect” on the world of archery, notably female archers. Koehl said she has even seen female archers place “mockingjay” pins on their quivers, a Hunger Games reference. Despite her initial skepticism of the new recruits, Koehl said the movies have had a positive effect on the sport, drawing in a lot of young girls who would otherwise not have had an interest in the sport. “Kids these days have the mentality of, ‘I want success now,’ and archery isn’t like that,” Koehl said. “Before the movies we did not have a good future pool for women archers, but now I think we can expect a good future.”
Koehl’s 18-year career in archery, which ultimately led to her experience as an alternate for the 2012 U.S Olympics, was also sparked by interest in a movie. “I saw Robin Hood when I was five,” Koehl said. “After that, I carried around a plastic bow and arrow for months.” Koehl said archery is a sport that requires tremendous self-discipline and endurance because competitive sessions can span three to four hours at a time. In training, Koehl said she focuses on “pacing” and staying calm in the face of the “adrenaline rush” that comes with the “primal” reaction to competitive shooting. Despite being dependent on individual performance, Koehl said teammates embrace the sense of camaraderie archery creates. “We support each other and we want each other to do really well,” Koehl said. Tristan Skarvan, A&M archery club president and senior biomedical engineering major, said despite the competitive nature of the sport A&M archers are friendly and encouraging to one another. “Everybody wants to win,”
Skarvan said. “But there is definitely no malice.” Koehl said the inclusive nature of the sport is what led to the diverse community of archers. Although many archers hit their peak in college, Skarvan said the sport becomes a life-long hobby. Twotime Olympic gold medalist Butch Johnson is still competing at 55. The archery community also includes shooters with physical disabilities, Koehl said. “People who are handicapped compete in the U.S. Paralympics,” Koehl said. “There is a man with no arms that shoots with his feet. Archery is really multifaceted like that.” Coady said even the divisions in skill level do not create isolation among archers. “We have [college] kids that have never picked up a bow that get to shoot with Olympic athletes,” Coady said. Koel said archery has inspired her to be a role model to show young girls that they can achieve their goals. “They can be a girl in a shooting sport,” Koel said. “It’s not limited to boys.”
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Olga Nepakhareva and Elena Tokmakova-Gorbushina act out a woman’s condemnation to the gulags Saturday evening in the Stark Gallery. this event provided an opportunity to do just that. “Students need to learn about history, not just Russian, but about international affairs,” Cooke said. “It’s important to know about the atrocities so we don’t repeat them.” The two women have performed the play together for 10 years and have acted in diverse venues, from a stage threesquare-meters wide to one the size of a conservatory. Tokmakova-Gorbushina said the content of the play has not changed much over the years but the environment of the performance has. “The first year, we changed the show a lot because we were taking different excerpts and different works,” Tokmakova-Gorbushina said. “We’d include something and take things out. But for the subsequent eight to nine years, we didn’t change much. Now the play changes because we always have different spaces, which have different feels.” Lara Henney, sophomore international studies major, is studying Russian
as her focus and plans to take a study abroad trip to Moscow for the summer. “I think it’s significant for getting students to branch out and get to experience a small part of Russian history,” Henney said. “Not many students here or in America as a whole have much knowledge of Russia outside of what they hear in passing and it’s events like these that help develop a deeper understanding of Russia and interest in the country’s complicated and fascinating history.” Joe Rodriguez, chair of MSC LT Jordan Institute of International Awareness, a sponsor of the play, said the event enables students to learn about cultures they know nothing about and may never even visit. Cooke said she hoped the audience took away a message of action. “The message is to be very zealous about defense of freedom,” Cooke said. “Never allow a dictator to incarcerate, murder and torture 30 million people like Stalin did. Don’t stand by. Do something.”
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The Battalion ggie lawyers from across the state came to College Station this weekend as the Texas Aggie Bar Association hosted its 15th annual conference at the MSC. A day of networking events and lectures from law practitioners concluded with a banquet Saturday at which TABA scholarship recipients Neal Larson, Megan McKisson and Hao Nguyen, along with Aggie lawyer of the year, Fidel Rodriguez Sr., were honored. TABA president Dan Price said the association honors individuals each year to promote excellence in the legal community and said the competition for TABA scholarships continues to rise along with the quality of the Texas A&M School of Law. “We had a very difficult time deciding on these scholarship award winners because there are so many excellent candidates,� Price said. “We’re really proud of these well-rounded individuals that [were] honored at the reception.� McKisson, a scholarship recipient, completed fellowships in the offices of Sen. Jane Nelson and former President George H.W. Bush, and is working full time as a paralegal. “I put myself through college during my undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University and am very grateful to receive the financial assistance as I prepare to enter law school,� McKisson said. “I am so grateful that Texas A&M has provided me with so many wonderful experiential opportunities and cannot thank the Texas Aggie Bar Association enough for continuing to invest in my future.� Speakers at the conference covered various aspects of Texas law. Tim Newman, lawyer and Texas A&M Class of 2005, shed light on cyber law, a relatively new area of law he said affects all industries. “It’s something that everybody is going to
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