On the final day of February, ACU freshman softball pitcher Hannah Null pitched a no-hitter against Rhode Island University to add to her young collegiate resume. If you asked her if she has been there before, you could count her no-hitter totals on two hands. Before stepping onto the rubber at Poly Wells Field, Null threw nine no-hitters, four ... [Read More…]
Bonneau nears two decades as skipper
ACU baseball changed 18 years ago when Britt Bonneau stepped onto the field. Bonneau became the head baseball coach at ACU when he was just 26 years old, which had a surprising benefit for him. "I was 25, 26 years old so we had a couple of guys for those first few years, they really impacted me and helped me through a lot of things because we ... [Read More…]
Track star aims for future Olympic dreams
As a young boy, sophomore track and field star Johnathan Farquharson never liked to run. Over the years that began to change. As he grew older, he quickly realized how fast and how far he could run. So fast and so far, that it brought him to Abilene. "It's something you really have to love," Farquharson said. "I honestly think it's the worst ... [Read More…]
Queen of threes: Mason establishes place during freshman year
Alexis Mason, second on the ACU women's basketball team in points and assists, is making a big impression on coaches and teammates. With the rise of a young, talented freshmen class, people already know the names of Suzzy and Lizzy Dimba, Sydney Shelstead and others. But Mason has proven herself to be one of the cornerstones of a positive ... [Read More…]
Women’s tennis star brings success to ACU
The recent stretch of unusual wintry weather combined with the spectacle that is the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, have ACU student Nada Marjanovic feeling very Canadian. The sophomore from Mississauga, Ontario, hails from a country better known for its proficiency in sports played on ice and snow, but Canada's frigid winters haven't stopped ... [Read More…]
Small guard, Big results
He was the runt in a pack of six brothers, but lack of size and physique did not stop the Navarro College junior transfer from chasing his dream of playing college basketball. Harrison Hawkins, a guard from Long Beach, Calif. came from a family of nine with six older brothers who helped him learn quick by playing pick-up games in the ... [Read More…]
Suzzy and Lizzy are lifelong teammates
For Suzzy and Lizzy Dimba playing college basketball at the Div. I level in the land of opportunity was always a dream of theirs. Thirteen years later, their dream came true. "Moving here to America was such a big opportunity, and playing college basketball was always in our plan," Lizzy Dimba said. "Not only did we want to play college ball, ... [Read More…]
Basketball connects Marquez to her dad
Renata Marquez, a senior basketball player, grew up just 30 minutes north of Houston in Conroe. She began playing basketball at the age of five when her father made a court for her and her sisters to play outside in their backyard. She played her high school basketball at Willis High, just outside of Conroe, where the mascot was also a ... [Read More…]
Borja Cortes brings talent from Barcelona
Ever since he was five, Borja Cortes had a tennis racket in his hand. As sweat dripped down his face from the heat in his homeland of Barcelona, Spain, he fell in love with the graceful game of tennis. He never played on a concrete-surface court, but opted for the famous red clay courts in Spain. However, since coming to the United States, he ... [Read More…]
From the playground to the soccer pitch
Andrea Carpenter and Brie Buschman have chemistry together, and not only at 9:30 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. These Wildcat soccer seniors have been teammates at ACU for the past four seasons, but their history extends well past the beginning of their collegiate careers. Carpenter and Buschman grew up together in Amarillo, and have known ... [Read More…]