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2022-23 | Year of the Texas Tiger

The 2022-23 athletic season for East Texas Baptist University was their finest in program history. The Texas Tigers won four conference championships, participated in eight national tournaments, and swept the American Southwest Conference major awards. This year also brought eight All-Americans, several academic team awards, and ETBU led the ASC in Distinguished Scholar-Athletes. It was a great year to be a Texas Tiger. 


ASC MAJOR AWARDS

 

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WOMAN OF THE YEAR | Ashley Croft
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR | Tristen Maddox
MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR | Sayers Collins
MAN OF THE YEAR | Jake Miller
ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF OF THE YEAR
SID STAFF OF THE YEAR
COMMUNITY SERVICE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR | Mollie Dittmar

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

ETBU won three ASC Tournament championships along with posting four runner-up finishes. Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Men's Track & Field, and Men's Golf were are runners-up in the ASC Tournament or Championship Meet. 

Runners Up: Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Men's Track & Field, Men's Golf

 

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SOFTBALL | 2023 ASC Tournament Champions
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BASEBALL | 2023 ASC Regular Season/Tournament Champions
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HOCKEY | 2023 TCHC Tournament Champions
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MBB | 2023 ASC Tournament Champions

ASC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

ASC MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK ATHLETE | Brandon Powell
ASC MOST OUTSTANDING FIELD ATHLETE | Neelie Schiel
GRAYCEE MOSLEY | Discus Champion
PAYTON CLARK | 400-Meter Dash Champion
LANDRY PEDROZA | Javelin Champion
Rangel "RJ" MILLER | 400-Meter Dash Champion (2-time)
4x400 METER RELAY CHAMPIONS
4x100 METER RELAY CHAMPIONS
KIP CHILDRESS | Co-ASC Medalist

ASC INDIVIDUAL SPORT MAJOR AWARDS

VOLLEYBALL: Graycee Mosley | ASC Player of the Year | ASC Freshman of the Year

WOMEN'S SOCCER: Hannah Purl | ASC Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY | Daniel Zepeda | ASC Newcomer of the Year

MEN'S BASKETBALL | Darry Moore | ASC Tournament MVP

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | Mollie Dittmar | ASC Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year

MEN'S TENNIS: Sam Black | ASC East Freshman of the Year

WOMEN'S TENNIS: Addy Seward | ASC Newcomer of the Year

SOFTBALL: Tristen Maddox | ASC Player of the Year

SOFTBALL: Ashley Croft | ASC Tri-Pitcher of the Year

BASEBALL: Jared Hood | ASC Coaching Staff of the Year

BASEBALL:  Sayers Collins | ASC Pitcher of the Year (2-time)

BASEBALL: Ben Lea | ASC Player of the Year


 

NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS

BASEBALL | NCAA World Series (3rd Place), Super Regional & Regional Champions
SOFTBALL | NCAA Regional Host/Participant
MEN'S BASKETBALL | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
BASS FISHING | MLF National Tournament - 5th Place
ACROBATICS & TUMBLING | NCATA D3 Tournament (3rd place)
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL | AVCA Small College Championships (#6 seed)
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POM/CHEER | NCA/NDA College Nationals (2nd Place) - Game Day
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TRACK & FIELD | Men's & Women's - three participants (2 male/1 female)

ACADEMICS

ASC DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

ETBU led the ASC with five Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Award Winners for their sports. This is the most in one year that ETBU has produced and now has been award 29 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Awards the past 10 years. In the past three years, ETBU has led the ASC with the most student-athletes winning the award. Along with the DSA awards, ETBU had over 200 student-athletes named to the ASC All-Academic team with baseball leading the way producing 40+ players with a 3.0 GPA or higher. 

AWARD WINNERS

  • MEN'S GOLF: Kip Childress
  • MEN'S TRACK & FIELD: Brandon Powell (repeat winner)
  • WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD: Graycee Mosley
  • SOFTBALL: Ashley Croft
  • BASEBALL: Jake Miller
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ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

ETBU had two College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans this year in softball players Ashley Croft and Mary Frances Ellis. They both were voted onto the CSC Academic All-American Third Team.

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CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SELECTIONS

Men’s Soccer

  • Matthew Dieb
  • Joseph Flores
  • Garrett Garvin
  • Bruno Palmieri

Women’s Soccer

  • Addison Funk
  • Olivia Gallegos
  • Brianna Mickshaw
  • Kayla Nichols
  • Amy Pineda
  • Sarah Ramos

Football

  • Erick “EJ” Burgess
  • Alek Child

Volleyball

  • Lillie Hill
  • Alexis Mack
  • Hannah Perry
  • Avery Reid

Men’s Basketball

  • Ryan Elzy
  • Jayden Williams

Women’s Basketball

  • Kaia Williams
  • Mollie Dittmar
  • Brooke Webster
  • Chloe Rogers

Softball

  • Ashley Croft
  • Allison Damiani
  • Corley Carpenter
  • Mary Frances Ellis
  • Hannah Kelley

Baseball

  • Nicolas Chavez
  • Jase Jones
  • Jake Miller
  • Cole Godkin
  • Jagger Neely

Men’s Track and Field

  • Donyvan Givens
  • Rangel Miller
  • Landry Pedroza
  • Brandon Powell

Women’s Track and Field

  • Nakayla Holloway
  

NATIONAL TEAM ACADEMIC AWARDS

Six programs earned academic team awards for their team grade point average. In select sports, teams also had individuals selected to the national all-academic team.

ITA: Women's Tennis (8 straight years) | ITA Scholar-Athletes - Jayde Childress, Isabelle Duarte, Keelie Stamson, Shyan Darr, Maryam Sharafeldin, Bailey Smith

ITA: Men's Tennis (first time under Drew Lambert) | ITA Scholar-Athletes - Slade Austin, Randal Lemmon, Bruno Brocanelli, Jake Gibson, Max Karseno, Drew Van Wyk

NFCA: Softball (7 straight years) | NFCA Scholar-Athletes - Braelyn Buchanan, Corley Carpenter, Ashley Croft, Allison Damiani, Kendall Droesch, Mary Frances Ellis, Sydney Green, Hannah Kelley, Emma Overla, Toni Tamborello, and Elizabeth Watkins

AVCA: Volleyball (4 straight years)

AVCA: Beach Volleyball (first year)

ABCA: Baseball (8 straight years)


 

ALL-AMERICANS

ETBU had another strong year producing All-Americans in four sports - football, volleyball, baseball, and softball.

  • Football: Jordan Estes (D3football.com 3rd Team, AFCA 2nd Team)
  • Volleyball: Graycee Mosley (AVCA Honorable Mention)
  • Softball: Tristen Maddox (NFCA 1st Team/Gold Glove Winner), Courtney White (NFCA 1st Team), Ashley Croft (NFCA 3rd Team)
  • Baseball: Ben Lea (ABCA 1st Team, D3baseball.com 1st Team), Sayers Collins (ABCA 1st Team, D3baseball.com 2nd Team)
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