The South Texan Texas A&M Kingsville News

In the weeks since the summer semester began, you may have received a new debit card in the mail. You may have thought nothing of it, you may have just put it in a drawer, and have since forgotten all about it. What you might not have known was that this new debit card, the Javelina Card, is the future ... Read More »

WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI – Costly errors doomed the Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball team, as AMK  had six errors in the game that led to six unearned runs in route to a 10-5 loss to NCAA Division II South Central Region host Central Missouri.  The loss ended the Javelinas season, as they finished with a record of 31-18 for the year. “You really don’t want ... Read More »

Warrensburg, MO-A five run inning by the St. Mary’s Rattlers proved to be too much for the Texas A&M Kingsville Javelinas to come back from as they dropped their opening round game of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament 8 to 4 on Thursday afternoon at Crane Stadium. “We had no response to their [Rattlers]  big inning , we ... Read More »

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA ­ The Texas A&M-Kingsville track and field programs had 17 athletes named 2012 All-South Central Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday evening. The top five from each region in individual events and each member of a relay ranked in the region¹s top three earned All-Region distinction. Read More »

For the third time in the program’s history, and the first time since 2008 the Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball team has been invited to the NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament that will be hosted by Central Missouri in Warrensburg, MO. Even with AMK losing both games in the Lone Star Conference two weeks ago they only dropped to fifth ... Read More »

  The 2012 NFL draft is now in the books and there are many teams that made themselves better. Although we won’t truly know the successfulness of this year’s draft till a few years down the road, there are some teams who have immediately made themselves better. The Patriots once again have one of the best drafts in the league.  ... Read More »

Longtime NFL linebacker Junior Seau committed suicide today at his Oceanside, California home.  Seau died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest this morning. The Chargers released a statement to the press: Read More »

Last weekend was a big one for the Lone Star Conference as two players were picked up during the draft and four more being signed as undrafted free agents thus far. Midwestern State was the gem of the conference having their offensive tackle Amini Silatolu drafted early in the second round by the Carolina Panthers.  Silatolu graded out with an ... Read More »

Texas A&M-Kingsville A.D. Ken Oliver, who spent the last three years at the helm in Kingsville has resigned his position this morning May 2, to take a Vice President job at Central Methodist,University in Fayette, Missouri the school he began his career at. His last day will tentatively be June 15th with the Javelinas . Oliver came to A&M-Kingsville in August 2009 after ... Read More »

By Ryan Drum In a 1998 poll, 70 percent of biologists agreed we are in the midst of a 6th mass extinction event unique among all others. In its 4.5 billion year history, planet Earth has witnessed 5 mass extinction events. Such an event is determined by the loss of a large number of species over a short period of ... Read More »