RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is proud to announce that 37 student-athletes graduated on Friday and Saturday at the spring semester commencement ceremonies at Bert Ogden Arena.
 
“We are proud of these student-athletes for their hard work and commitment,” UTRGV Vice President and Director of Athletics Chasse Conque said. “Today’s graduates have been, and will no doubt continue to be, great ambassadors for the university in the community. Our young people have bright futures ahead of them. We congratulate them and are excited to now call them alumni!”
 
2025 Spring Graduates
Baseball
Robert Bonilla, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (minors in criminal justice, sociology, and kinesiology)
Angelo Cabral, Online Instructional Designer Graduate Certificate
Rudy Gonzalez, Bachelor of Business Administration
Francisco Hernandez, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (minors in kinesiology, criminal justice, and psychology)
Steven Lancia, Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a concentration in recreational sports management
Jacob Limas, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (minors in communication, kinesiology, and psychology)
Evan Maldonado, Bachelor of Human Dimensions of Organizations
EJ Miramontes, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (minors in psychology, sociology, and communication)
Aaron Sanchez, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
Jacob Sanchez, Master of Business of Administration with a specialization in Entrepreneurship and an Advanced Business Administration Certificate
 
Men’s Basketball
Hasan Abdul Hakim, Bachelor of Sociology
Howard Fleming, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (minors in kinesiology, criminal justice, and sociology)
KT Raimey, Bachelor of Human Dimensions of Organizations
Women’s Basketball
Mariam Traore, Bachelor of Communication Studies
 
Men’s Golf
Juan Luis de Bethencourt Duque, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Carlos Roldos, Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance
 
Women’s Golf
Catherine Flores, Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science with a concentration in physical therapy
Madi Ozuna, Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
Maria Jose Ramirez Nunez De Caceres, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (minors in marketing, management, and graphic design)
 
Men’s Soccer
Oneeko Allen, Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
Cesar Baltazar, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (minors in marketing, business administration, and kinesiology
Josue Camacho, Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (minor in business administration, entrepreneurship, and management)
Diego Gomez, Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance
Finn O’Connor, Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Mohammed Shahabodien, Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a concentration in coaching
 
Women’s Soccer
Savannah Frisby, Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science
Anna Frida Groedem, Bachelor of Mass Communication with a concentration in advertising and public relations
 
Men’s Tennis
Sam Whitehead, Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
 
Women’s Tennis
Kristal Dule, Bachelor of Economics
 
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Zoë Adams, Bachelor of Science in Biology
Faith Cruz, Bachelor of Science in Integrated Health Sciences
Kailah Gilmore, Master of Science in Bioethics
Ana Hernandez, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Emily Martinez, Bachelor of Science in Integrated Health Sciences
 
Volleyball
Ilana De Assis, Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology
Ingridy Foltran, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Claudia Lupescu, Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing

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Seven first-inning runs for Utah proved to be too much for the Frogs in an 8-6 defeat in the second game of the series.

Caedmon Parker got the start for TCU and gave up six hits and seven runs in 0.1 innings pitched.

Despite the early deficit, the Frogs still tried to battle back, putting up two-run innings in the third and fourth.

Noah Franco batted with three of six runs for TCU and hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning to cut Utah’s lead down to one batted in three of six runs for TCU.

Utah got one more insurance run in the eighth inning off of a stellar TCU bullpen that collectively shut out Utah for six innings and pitched 7.2 innings, allowing one run.

With one more Big 12 game left, TCU has many different seeding possibilities for the Big 12 tournament. With a win, TCU will be a two seed if Kansas loses and a three seed if Kansas wins. With a loss, TCU could be a three seed if Arizona State and Arizona both lose. If they both win, TCU will be the fifth seed. TCU does not hold the tiebreaker over Arizona State or Arizona.

TCU will face Utah in a series-deciding match, which will be the last regular-season game, on Saturday on ESPN+ at 3 p.m. CT.

• King’s Academy boys volleyball won the Class 1A state championship, the first in school history.
• The Lions defeated Sports Leadership and Management (Tampa Bay) 3-0 in the final.
• Key players included seniors Jake Manning, John Casey, Dylan Wahl, Ryan Huff, David Brainard, and Graysen Amestoy.
• The team finished the season with a 22-5 record.

King’s Academy’s boys volleyball program is leaving Polk State College, home of the Class 1A state championship match, with the first title in school history.

An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He’s won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.

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For those in attendance at Barrington for the IHSA boys and girls water polo sectional final doubleheaders Saturday at the BHS Natatorium, they saw a pair of comebacks by Fremd’s girls and Palatine’s boys to earn a rectangular-sized sectional championship plaque along with the accompanying golden ticket to next weekend’s state finals at Stevenson.

Fremd girls 8, Hersey 7:

Top-seeded Hersey and No. 2 Fremd’s matchup came down to the last two possessions of regulation. The Vikings had rallied from a three-goal deficit in the final 5:13 to close within a goal when their coach Theresa Knowles called timeout with 26 seconds remaining and her team trailing 7-6.

It was there that she spoke with her junior goalie Molly Boldt about the possibility of attempting a shot from her location on the playing surface to try and tie the game at 7. She had scored in a similar fashion in the Vikings’ sectional semifinal win over Prospect on Friday.

“I asked her what percentage (of) confidence she had in her shot. She said 90%. I said, good let’s do it,” Knowles said.

“My coach gave me the A-OK and I went from there,” Boldt said.

Upon resumption of the game, Boldt fired a cross-pool bullet that went into the Huskies goal and evened the contest at 7.

Fremd then took advantage of a Hersey turnover, and a pass from senior Kate Rothmeyer found junior Aubrey Schinkel who in turn found the net with four seconds remaining to take an 8-7 lead.

That lead held after an attempt by Hersey’s Andrea Teves at the horn bounced off the top of the crossbar for Fremd’s seventh sectional title.

The comeback sends the Vikings (22-7-2) to the round of eight for the first time since 2012 where it will face Naperville North at Stevenson in Thursday’s 5:45 p.m. quarterfinal.

Naperville North (26-6-1) defeated archrival Naperville Central (16-14) 12-1 at its own sectional final.

Knowles praised her squad’s composure and poise for making the comeback from a late 7-4 deficit.

“That’s experience and team knowledge of one another,” Knowles said. “I’m just so proud of these girls, I’m speechless.”

Despite being denied a fifth straight trip to quarterfinals, the Huskies (22-8-1) had a pair of outstanding performances starting with junior Melissa Loch’s 3 goals and an assist. Two of those goals featured Loch finding the net behind the back late in the first half followed by a flick of the wrist tally in the third quarter.

Senior netminder Coco Schultz (7 saves) helped ward off a 19-shot barrage the Vikings fired at the Hersey goal.

Palatine boys 15, Fremd 13:

As Joe Gryzbek’s Pirates trailed Fremd 10-6 after Amar Osman’s fourth goal of the game with 4:54 remaining in the third quarter, the no-quit attitude that he along with his coaching staff took effect.

Palatine slowly worked its way back to even by going on a 6-1 run that ended on a goal by junior Colten Hilgers with 4:50 left to put Palatine up for the first time, 12-11.

After both teams traded scores, a tally from Fremd’s Matthew Fennel knotted things up at 13 with 3:22 to play. Then sophomore Ethan Kain took over for Palatine.

The sophomore first took a feed from Hilgers 19 ticks later that he lit the lamp for his second score that put Palatine ahead to stay at 14-13.

Then with 50 seconds remaining he took a pass from senior Nick Jelonkiewicz and found the net for his third goal of the day and a 15-13 win that sends the Pirates (26-7) to Lincolnshire for a 5:45 p.m. quarterfinal Friday against Chicago Whitney Young.

The Dolphins (24-5) bested fellow CPS member school Lane Tech (26-5) in Saturday’s first Glenbrook South sectional final in Glenview.

It will be the Pirates’ first Elite Eight appearance since 2022 and seventh overall that they earned after having beaten the sectional hosts 12-11 in their morning semifinal.

“In every timeout, we spoke of how this was (still) our game,” Kain said. “We kept our heads up and pushed through it and won.”

Gryzbek spoke proudly of his squad’s effort.

“It’s just awesome to see these kids keep digging and then get enough things go our way and make it pay off at the end.”

Annual volleyball tournament raises money for organization aimed at supporting those after breast cancer diagnosis

Updated: 6:22 PM CDT May 17, 2025

Dozens of people played sand volleyball for a cause on Saturday.The annual Dig Deep 4 Pink sand volleyball fundraiser raised money for Project Pink’d, a local organization that assists people after a breast cancer diagnosis.”It sends a message to those that are fighting the fight, that you’ve got people out here that don’t have that don’t always necessarily have a dog in the race, but we’re here fighting for them. We’re here putting these events on. The people that are here playing are here playing for those that are at home, fighting that fight of breast cancer and just letting them know that they’ve got people behind them,” said Brandon “Brother B” Deyo, event coordinator for Pink Ribbon Rodeo.”The tournament on Saturday at Sinnott’s Sand Bar offered recreational and competitive divisions.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |