The South Texan Texas A&M Kingsville News

Courtesy Sports Information KINGSVILLE, TEXAS – Texas A&M-Kingsville will be holding its third annual On the Border Golf Tournament and Banquet on June 15-16, 2012.  Former Javelina football and track star Robert Garza will be honored at the Friday night banquet for his Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor induction. The banquet will be held at the Reese Hotel in ... Read More »

Courtesy Sports Information LAWTON, OKLAHOMA – The Texas A&M-Kingsville women’s basketball team shot 23.6 percent from the field en route to a 77-48 loss on the road to Lone Star Conference rival Cameron University on Monday night. The Javelinas (1-10, 0-5) jumped out to an early 12-6 lead behind six quick points by Inekka Stevenson (Freeport/Brazosport HS).  They were able ... Read More »

Courtesy Sports Information LAWTON, OKLAHOMA – The Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s basketball team suffered another tough defeat on Monday night when they lost, 79-70 at Lone Star Conference rival Cameron University. The Javelinas (6-7, 1-4) led for the entire first half and through most of the second half.  Milton Garner gave the Aggies(7-3, 5-1) the lead with 5:31 remaining in the ... Read More »

By Frank Garza: Associate Managing Editor It’s that time of year again. With Christmas just around the corner, people are out and about searching for gifts for their friends and family. But thanks to a poor economy, money is tight, and people can’t afford to spend as much as they could before. Has Christmas finally hit a slow this year? ... Read More »

For the second time in less than a week Texas A&M Kingsville mourns the loss of one of their own. It was just a couple of days ago we were mourning the loss of Javelina Freshmen baseball player Travis Madden , now today we mourn the loss of former AMK student and football player Matt Romig, who Saturday morning lost ... Read More »

Office of Alumni and Development - The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation announced the establishment of endowments for the Bill and Judy Colston Honors Scholarship and the Gene and Lori Dawson Engineering Scholarship.  Both $100,000 endowments come on the heels of one of the university’s most successful years of private giving outside of a capital campaign.  The Bill and Judy Colston ... Read More »

Courtesy of Marketing and Communications Over 550 graduates are ready to cross the stage to receive their degrees during two commencement ceremonies to be held at the Steinke Physical Education Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville Friday, Dec. 16. At the 1 p.m. ceremony, graduates from the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences and the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Business Administration ... Read More »

Courtesy Sports Information           The Texas A&M-Kingsville football team had two players named to the Daktronics All-America Second Team on Wednesday afternoon as voted upon by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America. Junior linebacker Jeremy Aguilar (Los Angeles, CA/Roosevelt HS) was named to the defensive unit and junior running back Jonathan Woodson (Missouri City/Marshall HS) was named to the ... Read More »

Service arrangements have been made for Travis Madden, Javelina baseball player who passed away this weekend. The family will receive friends at Rosewood Funeral Chapel, 3304 Mockingbird Lane in Victoria Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 4 to 7 p.m.  with a rosary being recited at 7 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. ... Read More »

By Colton Williams KINGSVILLE - It was a sad and mournful memorial for Travis Madden, the Texas A&M University – Kingsville (AMK) student and member of the Javelina baseball team who passed away this past Sunday. The Memorial was held at the Church of Epiphany Episcopal in Kingsville. Many members of the AMK family, including faculty, staff and coaches, were in attendance along ... Read More »