By Aggies, For Aggies
By Ian Soares Recently, Maroon Weekly had the opportunity to meet with the Texas A&M softball team’s head coach Jo Evans. Now entering her 16th season with the Aggies, she is one of the winningest active coaches in Division I softball. Amid all of the construction and renovations taking place on west campus, we had [...]
By Ian Soares Sometimes it’s easy to watch athletes compete or to read about their accomplishments and then form ideas about who we believe they are. On this particular evening while watching the Texas A&M volleyball team perform in front of a packed house at Reed Arena, I easily begin allowing myself to form Chelsea [...]
Eight men and two women have been chosen to represent the United States in judo at the World University Games, in Shenzhen, China in August. The judo competition will take place on August 13-17. In addition to the ten competitors, the United States is sending a coach, a team manager and two referees to participate [...]
By Audrey Tompkins The Brazos Valley Bombers are hosting the 2011 Cricket Wireless Texas Collegiate League All-Star Game on Monday, July 18th. The game will feature the top players from the North teams in the league (Alexandria Aces, Coppell Copperheads and East Texas PumpJacks) and the South (Acadiana Cane Cutters, Brazos Valley Bombers and Victoria [...]
A quick walk through the Student Recreation Center at Texas A&M University during any given day could reveal a wide — and interesting — range of activities. Weightlifting, exercising in group workout classes, playing basketball, handball, or racquetball and climbing the facility’s rock wall are the norm, but there may also be a cheerleading camp, [...]
The Bombers are excited to announce the signing of four players, each of whom recently completed their first year of collegiate baseball. This season, Damian Rivera, Kevin Wirth, Herbert Romero, and Ryan Gebhardt will be donning the Bomber blue and gold. Rivera is a left-handed pitcher from St. Louis University. In 12 appearances this season, [...]
By Turner Dawson The Texas A&M women’s basketball team picked up the first national championship in school history last Tuesday with an exciting win against fellow number 2 seed Notre Dame. The Aggies had a dominant run through the tournament with a suffocating defense and up-tempo offense and the Aggies shocked the nation by beating [...]
By Turner Dawson That smell of fresh cut grass is in the air. The spring is here which can only mean one thing: Spring football is under way. The Aggies started spring practice after spring break and will conclude with the Maroon and White game on Kyle Field on April 16th for Parents Weekend. There [...]
By Ian Soares Just a few days prior to the opening of the 2011 Baseball season, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to catch up with the Gregg Alcazar, the team’s senior catcher from Galveston, TX. During that commotion filled afternoon in the team’s field house, we were able to discuss his feelings about [...]