Angelo State University

For the second straight year, the Angelo State University Cheer Team has brought home a national title from the United Spirit Association USA Collegiate Championships in Anaheim, Calif. ASU's 22-member co-ed Cheer Team won the national championship in the 4-Year College Large Co-Ed Show Cheer Division, beating out teams from Idaho State University, New Mexico State University, Ottawa University-Arizona and Wyoming University. Read the full story at angelo.edu.

Twenty-one student-athletes on the Angelo State University track and field teams have earned All-Lone Star Conference honors for the 2018-19 indoor track and field season. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

Courtney Barnhill of Lubbock, a junior outfielder on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team, has been named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Player of the Week for her performances during the week ending Feb. 17. The national award was announced Feb. 20, just one day after Barnhill was also named the Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

The winners have been announced for the 2018 University Symposium Student Contest that is conducted each year in conjunction with ASU's E. James Holland University Symposium on American Values. Winners include Zachary Vigil-Minyard of Odessa, Adriela Zavala and Rebekah Raschke of San Angelo, and Hyoseung Allyson Woo of Incheon, South Korea. Read the full story at angelo.edu.

Courtney Barnhill of Lubbock, a junior outfielder on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week for her performances during the week ending Feb. 17. Read the full story on the LSC Website.

Six members of the Angelo State University men's and women's indoor track and field teams have been named to the 2019 Lone Star Conference Track and Field All-Academic Team, the LSC announced on Feb. 15. For the Rams, Maxime Lapeyrie, Dragan Pesic and Cameron Cross were honored - along with Mia Van Oudsthoorn, Taylor Hall and Ophelie DeOliveira for the Rambelles. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

Lachlan Mayo of Sydney, Australia, a senior on the Angelo State University Rams baseball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week for his performances during the week ending Feb. 10. Read the full story on the LSC website.

Mykayla Stroud of Aledo, a sophomore on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Hitter of Week for her performances during the week ending Feb. 10. Read the full story on the LSC website.

Nolan Osmanski, a former Angelo State University football player and current ASU nursing student, will make his professional acting debut in the award-winning independent feature film, "The Iron Orchard," on Friday, Feb. 22, when the movie premieres in select theatres around Texas. Read the full story at angelo.edu.

De'Anira Moore of Allen, a junior forward on the Angelo State University Rambelles basketball team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week for her performances during the week ending Feb. 10. Read the full story on the LSC website.

The Angelo State University Agriculture Department's student Wool Judging Team took first place and had two individuals place in the top five at the 2019 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Collegiate Wool Judging Contest on Feb. 9 in San Antonio. Read the full story at angelo.edu.

Taegan Kirk of Lubbock, a senior catcher on the Angelo State University Rambelles softball team, is one of 50 student-athletes nationwide selected to the "Watch List" for the 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division II National Player of the Year Award. Read the full story on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association website.

Angelo State University's student Trumpet Ensemble has been invited to perform at the annual Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Conference to be held Feb. 13-16 in San Antonio. The ASU Trumpet Ensemble members performing at the conference include: William DeForest, senior, San Angelo; (Joseph) Riley Jarabek, junior, San Angelo; Joseph Torres, sophomore, San Angelo; Christopher Barrera, freshman, Schertz; Nickolas Martinez, freshman, San Angelo; and Gabriel Munoz, freshman, Pflugerville. Read the full story at angelo.edu.

Virginia Jaquish of Granville, Ohio, a graduate student in the Angelo State University Biology Department, won the top prize for her research presentation at the annual meeting of the Texas Society of Mammalogists (TSM) Feb. 8-10 at the Texas Tech University Llano River Field Station in Junction. Jaquish won the Robert L. Packard Award for Best Overall Oral Presentation and a $500 honorarium for her research project titled "Pollen Identification Provides Evidence that Pallid Bats Visit Agave Species in the Chihuahuan Desert." Read the full story on angelo.edu.

For the 22nd straight year, Angelo State University students have maintained a 100 percent passing rate on the Texas Examination of Educator Standards (TExES) teacher certification test for secondary mathematics. ASU students passing the exam this year to keep the streak alive were Lance Burns of Justin, Ari Lezovich of Killeen, Savino Rivero of Big Lake, Paxton Smith of Belton, and Daniela Suarez of Granite Shoals. Read the full story on angelo.edu.

Trivett Jones of Rowlett, a sophomore on the Angelo State University Rams track and field team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week for the week ending Feb. 3. This is the second straight week Jones has earned the LSC honor. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

Josh Elvir of Kemah, Texas, a redshirt junior on the Angelo State University Rams baseball team, has been named the first Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week for the 2019 season for his performance during the week ending Feb. 3. Read the full story on the LSC website.

Angelo State University Rams basketball player Ronald Bell of Atlanta, Ga., has been named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his performances during the week ending Feb. 3. Read the full story on the LSC website.

Taegan Kirk of Lubbock, a senior catcher on the Angelo State Rambelles softball team, has been named the 2019 Lone Star Conference Preseason Player of the Year. The Belles have also been picked to win their third straight LSC title. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

Trivett Jones of Rowlett, a sophomore on the Angelo State Rams track and field team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week for the week ending Jan. 27. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

Angelo State Rams defensive lineman Markus Jones of Fort Worth has been named a first-team All-American and the Defensive Player of the Year by the Don Hansen Football Committee. The committee has released a NCAA Division II All-America Team annually since 1988. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

Trenadey Scott of Fort Worth, a junior on the Angelo State University track and field team, has been named the Lone Star Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week for the week ending Jan. 20. Read the full story on the Lone Star Conference website.

Three Angelo State University football players have been named to the Don Hansen All-Super Region 4 Team. The Rams' Markus Jones of Fort Worth was named Region 4 Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the First Team Defense, while Donavyn Jackson of San Angelo and Bright Ihegworo of Sugar Land were named to the Third Team Defense. Read the entire story on angelosports.com.

Angelo State Rams baseball players Nicholas Novak and Tyler Lesley have both been named Preseason All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper - and Novak has been tabbed as one of the "12 Players to Watch" in the NCAA Division II South Central Region. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

Markus Jones of Forth Worth, a senior defensive end on the Angelo State University Rams football team, has been named a first-team All-American by D2Football.com and a Small College All-American by Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine. Read the full story at angelosports.com.

Angelo State University conferred 599 undergraduate and graduate degrees on 592 graduates during the 2018 Fall commencement exercises on December 15, 2018, at the Junell Center/Stephens Arena in San Angelo, Texas. View the full list of graduates.

Angelo State University is pleased to announce the Dean's List for the 2018 Fall semester. To be eligible for the ASU Dean's List, full-time undergraduate students must maintain a 3.25 or better grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Go online to view the entire Fall 2018 Dean's List.

Angelo State athletes delivered strong performances at the Boo Rogers Multis at Pittsburg State in Kansas. Dragan Pesic won first in the men's heptathlon, and Harry Maslen and Trpimir Siroki, finished second and third. As well, Pesic tied for first in the shot put and won the 1000 meter run. Siroki won in the high jump. Karlea Duhon, completed the women's indoor pentathlon with a score of 3364 points. All four athletes provisionally qualify for the NCAA DII Indoor Track and Field Championships. Other Angelo State athletes also finished strong. Read the full story on Angelo Sports.

Angelo State University defensive lineman Markus Jones of Fort Worth has been named a 2018 First-Team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association. Read the full story on angelosports.com.

Keely Shaw, a history major and member of the Angelo State University Honors Program, has been awarded the 2018 Texas State Genealogical Society (TxSGS) Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The scholarship was announced at the 2018 TxSGS Family History Conference in November in San Antonio. Read the full story on the TxSGS website.