Students, teachers and community members par- ticipated in the 30th annual Kirk Goodwin Run on Sat- urday. Every dollar that was donated will go toward help- ing the ACU students who were involved in the fatal car accident this past January. The event, put on by members of Galaxy men’s so- cial club, took place in mem- ory of Kirk Goodwin who was a Galaxy member in 1983 while he ran as a member of ACU’s track team. Goodwin passed away in 1984 after he was involved in a car acci- dent in the fall of 1983. The event was organized this year by co-directors Aaron Brooks and Keith Carroll. “This year’s run was a huge success,” said Brooks, junior marketing major from Burleson. “We had 200 participants this year and because of that we were able to exceed our goal of raising $10,000. We also expanded the race for the first time to include a 10k option as a trial run for the future and it went really well.” This year’s race surpassed last year’s donation total of $7,000, which went towards benefiting the victims of the Nov. 4, 2011, bus accident. “We had more runners than last year and sold al- most 400 shirts and 80 tank tops, which was much more than past years,” said Car- roll, senior marketing major from Abilene. “The overall atmosphere was what re- ally made the event great this year. It was a lot of fun for people to show up and run or walk a 5K with their friends.” Galaxy members have been organizing the event for the past 30 years to ben- efit a variety of causes in the Abilene community. It also acts as a positive way to re- member the life of Goodwin while continuing to bring the community together around a cause. “It was really cool to get out and see the commu- nity and build relationships while being active and sup- porting a good cause,” said Brie Buschman, junior com- munications major from Amarillo. “Whether you were running or walking it seemed like it was a really good time for everyone.” Chief Financial Officer Kelly Young will take a new role with Abilene Christian Investment Management Company, the endowment management arm, as soon as a new CFO is chosen. Young said he will most likely become the Vice President or Manag- ing Director for Direct Investments for ACIMO. He said after 15 years of serving in senior admin- istration at ACU and Pep- perdine University, he was ready for a change. “Last summer I asked Dr. Schubert if he would agree to me changing roles and gave him some proj- ects in which I am interest- ed,” Young said. “Gratefully, he supported my desire to stay at ACU and we agreed that trying to develop some of the land surrounding ACU could benefit ACU, our students and the city of Abilene.” Young said he, President Schubert and Jack Rich, chief investment officer, have all had the desire to improve the land around ACU, but have had difficul- ties finding time to move projects ahead. He said his new role will allow him to devote more time to mak- ing plans for a more ex- citing and attractive area around campus a reality. He said his primary du- The student organization, For the Least of These, will be collecting food dona- tions bought using stu- dents’ left over Bean Bucks during finals week. “Rather than just using up our excess Bean Bucks to buy candy or soda, we can use them for a greater purpose,” said Julie Brink- man, sophomore vocal mu- sic education major from McKinney. As one of the founders of For the Least of These, Brinkman said last year they were able to donate $1,700 of food, provide 100 sack lunches and help stock the shelves of Love and Care Ministries. Lunches included chips, a Chick-fil- A sandwich, a cookie and a Abilene Christian University Features Page 5 vol. 101, no. 54 wednesday, may 1, 2013 1 SECTION, 8 PAGES Sweet Teeth Students cooking up Finals Week desserts theoxfordcommablog. wordpress.com Marissa Jones, our Oxford correspondent, details her latest experiences abroad INSIDE acuoptimist.com Get an exclusive inside look at the ‘Optimist’ newsroom Page 8 Page 8 Women’s tennis team hosts, wins regional tournament Runners cheer on, remember and fight for cancer survivors Page 3 acuoptimist.com ISA provides common ground, unity for students far from home Page 3 ONLINE flickr.com/acuoptimist See more shots from the ACU Rodeo Page 6 Card readers installed in Cullen Auditorium, Chapel on the Hill Page 4 A few reminders and guidelines to have a good Finals Week Art students compete for scholarships Baseball team drops 3 of 4 to Angelo State, falls to fifth place in LSC OPINION VIDEO VIDEO PHOTOS OXFORD NEWS NEWS SPORTS SPORTS NEWS acuoptimist.com Freshman creates local gymnastics program NEWS brie buschman junior communications major from Amarillo It seemed like it was a really good time for everyone.” “ young CATTLE CHAOS Students get their hands dirty at the ACU Rodeo on Thursday night Students to donate unused Bean Bucks fundraising see least page 4 madeline orr copy editor contact the optimist at [email protected]paige otway staff photographer Runners take off at the beginning of the Kirk Goodwin Run. emmett niland student reporter 30th KGR raises more than $10K fundraising melany cox online managing editor CFO preparing to leave post administration see CFO page 4 photos by mandy lambright chief photographer Top: Jimmy Isbell, junior convergence journalism major from Euless, and Curtis Christian, senior interdisciplinary major from McKinney, bring down a steer during a rodeo event. 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Students, teachers and community members par-ticipated in the 30th annual Kirk Goodwin Run on Sat-urday. Every dollar that was donated will go toward help-ing the ACU students who were involved in the fatal car accident this past January.
The event, put on by members of Galaxy men’s so-cial club, took place in mem-ory of Kirk Goodwin who was a Galaxy member in 1983 while he ran as a member of ACU’s track team. Goodwin passed away in 1984 after he was involved in a car acci-dent in the fall of 1983.
The event was organized this year by co-directors
Aaron Brooks and Keith Carroll.
“This year’s run was a huge success,” said Brooks, junior marketing major from Burleson. “We had 200 participants this year and because of that we were able to exceed our goal of raising $10,000. We also expanded the race for the first time to include a 10k option as a trial run for the future and it went really well.”
This year’s race surpassed last year’s donation total of
$7,000, which went towards benefiting the victims of the Nov. 4, 2011, bus accident.
“We had more runners than last year and sold al-most 400 shirts and 80 tank tops, which was much more than past years,” said Car-roll, senior marketing major from Abilene. “The overall atmosphere was what re-ally made the event great this year. It was a lot of fun for people to show up and run or walk a 5K with their friends.”
Galaxy members have been organizing the event for the past 30 years to ben-efit a variety of causes in the Abilene community. It also acts as a positive way to re-member the life of Goodwin while continuing to bring the community together
around a cause.“It was really cool to get
out and see the commu-nity and build relationships while being active and sup-porting a good cause,” said Brie Buschman, junior com-munications major from
Amarillo. “Whether you were running or walking it seemed like it was a really good time for everyone.”
Chief Financial Officer Kelly Young will take a new role with Abilene Christian Investment Management Company, the endowment management arm, as soon as a new CFO is chosen.
Y o u n g said he will most likely b e c o m e the Vice P r e s i d e n t or Manag-ing Director for Direct Investments for ACIMO. He said after 15 years of
serving in senior admin-istration at ACU and Pep-perdine University, he was ready for a change.
“Last summer I asked Dr. Schubert if he would agree to me changing roles and gave him some proj-ects in which I am interest-ed,” Young said. “Gratefully, he supported my desire to
stay at ACU and we agreed that trying to develop some of the land surrounding ACU could benefit ACU, our students and the city of Abilene.”
Young said he, President Schubert and Jack Rich, chief investment officer, have all had the desire to improve the land around
ACU, but have had difficul-ties finding time to move projects ahead. He said his new role will allow him to devote more time to mak-ing plans for a more ex-citing and attractive area around campus a reality.
He said his primary du-
The student organization, For the Least of These, will
be collecting food dona-tions bought using stu-dents’ left over Bean Bucks during finals week.
“Rather than just using up our excess Bean Bucks
to buy candy or soda, we can use them for a greater purpose,” said Julie Brink-man, sophomore vocal mu-sic education major from McKinney.
As one of the founders of For the Least of These, Brinkman said last year they were able to donate $1,700 of food, provide 100 sack lunches and help stock
the shelves of Love and Care Ministries. Lunches included chips, a Chick-fil-A sandwich, a cookie and a
6:30 p.m. The Key City Squares will sponsor a square dancing workshop at the Wagon Wheel in Tye. Begin-ning lessons will be 7:30-9 p.m.
May 2
6:30 p.m. The Wagon Wheel Squares will sponsor a square dancing workshop at the Wagon Wheel in Tye. Begin-ning lessons will be 7-9 p.m.
May 3
7 p.m. Wylie’s Show Choir, Vocal Point, will be at the Paramount Theatre May 3. Enjoy music from the decades including today’s modern pop music. Admission is free.
May 4
8 a.m. The Zombie Run will begin at 133 N. William St. in Buffalo Gap. For more infor-mation call 325-572-3365.
The ACU Career Center is now on Pin-terest. Go to pinterest.com/acucareer-center to begin following the boards from the ACU Career Center Pinterest today.
Look for recycling bins near the back doors of the Campus Center. Every can, bottle, or paper scrap makes this world a better place.
Hispanos Unidos is hosting a Latin dance workshop May 4 from 2-4 p.m. in Studio A of the SRWC. There is a $5 entrance fee.
Scriptwriter needed for Ethnos Culture Show 2013. This is a chance for real-life writing experience and seeing your work performed in International Students’ As-sociation biggest event. Pitch your idea to ISA at [email protected] or ask for more info.
Relax on the last day of classes in the cool space of Cullen Auditorium. The Wind Ensemble would like to invite you to attend the Brown Bag noon concert on May 3 at noon as they perform their final concert for an elementary school audience. Admission is free.
The final large ensemble concert of the year for the Music Department will be May 2 at 7:30 p.m. featuring the ACU Orchestra and A Cappella Chorus per-forming one of the great masterworks, Mozart’s monumental Requiem, featur-ing student soloists. Also on the concert is Manuel De Falla’s exciting “Suite No. 2” from his ballet The Three Cornered Hat. Admission is free.
Win one of ten $30 gift cards by com-pleting the Student Relationship Assess-ment administered by the Department of Marriage and Family Studies. Find the link in the myACU login ads.
The ACU Center for Speech and Lan-guage Disorders is hosting a clinic for those with Parkinsons and their loved ones at the Area Agency on aging of West Central Texas from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. June 10-14. The cost is $25. For more in-formation call 325-674-6670.
Join COBA & JMC in New York this fall break and tour the NY stock exchange, Johnson & Johnson and other major financial and Ad/PR organizations! For more information contact Joyce Hayley in the JMC department at [email protected] or Dr. Jonathan Stewart in COBA at [email protected].
Volunteer Opp0rtunities
The Center for International Education is looking for conversation partners for international students to practice Eng-lish, conversations and cultural learning. Partners meet for one hour each week at a time and place determined by the partners. For more information contact Laura McGregor at 325-674-2821 or [email protected].
St. John’s Episcopal School is seeking volunteers to paint metal playground equipment anytime Monday-Friday after 3 p.m. and Saturday anytime. For more information contact Rebecca McMillon at 325-695-8870 or [email protected].
Center for Contemporary Arts needs a gallery assistant to greet patrons, an-swer phones and answer basic questions about the Center and its programs. This opportunity is open Tuesday-Friday. The Center for Contemporary Arts is located at 220 Cypress Street. For more information contact Jessica Dulle at 325-677-8389 or visit: http://www.center-arts.com/.
Rescue the Animals is seeking volunteers to take pictures and videos in preparation for the launching of their new website as well as maintenance of the site after the launch. This opportunity is open Mon-day, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. For more information contact Kathy Walker at 325-677-7722 or [email protected].
The National Center For Children’s Il-lustrated Literature is looking for vol-unteers to greet patrons, assist with art activities, sell books and make visitors feel welcome. Help is also needed for special events like Artwalk and exhibit openings. The NCCIL is located at 102 Cedar St. For more information on times and dates contact Debby Lillick at 325-673-4586 or visit: http://www.nccil.org/index.htm.
University Place is seeking volunteers to help with the resident birthday party for residents the third Wednesday of each month at 2:30 p.m. For more information contact Linda Tijerina at 325-676-9946.
The Christian Ministries of Abilene: Food Pantry is searching for volunteers to greet and interview neighbors, do computer entries, shop with neighbors, take grocer-ies to vehicles, bag, stock and pick up orders on Mondays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. The Food Pantry is located at 701 Walnut St. For more information contact Becky Almanza at 325-673-1234 or [email protected].
The Christian Service Center is seek-ing volunteers to help assist with filling requests for items such as clothing, bed-ding, kitchen utensils, etc. from the dona-tion center, sort and organize donations and occasionally pick-up donated items. Volunteers are needed every weekday and the first Saturday of each month be-tween 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. For more information contact Roberta Brown at 325-673-7561 or at [email protected]. For more information on the program visit: http://www.uccabilene.org/ministries/csc.htm.
The Food Bank of West Central Texas needs volunteers to help sort and stock food and other items any weekday Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. The Food Bank is located at 5505 N. 1st St. For more information contact Janice Serrault at 325-695-6311 or [email protected].
Meals on Wheels Plus needs volunteer drivers to deliver afternoon meals to se-niors and adults with disabilities Monday-Friday between 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Drivers must be at least 18 years old and have a valid driver’s license. Training is provided. For more information contact Samantha Barker at 352-672-5050 or visit: http://mealsonwheelsplus.com.
The Salvation Army is looking for vol-unteers for a variety of needs including sorting and pricing items in the thrift store, helping in the kitchen and/or doing yard work. Times are flexible. Volunteers are needed throughout the week Monday-Saturday. The Salvation Army is located at 1726 Butternut St. For more information contact J.D. Alonzo at 325-677-1408 or visit: www.satruck.com.
The House That Kerry Built is looking for volunteers to assist in the day care of medically fragile children any day Mon-day-Friday from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. or 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Contact Keith Loftin at 325-672-6061.
The International Rescue Committee is seeking volunteers to work with refugees who recently moved to the U.S., teach-ing English, helping with homework and mentoring. Contact Susanna Lubango to make an appointment at 325-675-5643.
The Covenant Place of Abilene is seek-ing volunteers to lead singing and/or play piano for residents. For more information contact Ann Erwin at 325-793-1144.
Breakfast on Beech Street is seeking volunteers to help set up, prepare and serve breakfast to homeless/lower income folks any Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 5:30 a.m. or Tuesday at 5 a.m. B.O.B.S is located at First Christian Church on 3rd St. and Beech St. Service times must be scheduled in advance. To serve on Mondays contact Jody Depriest at 325-669-3312 or [email protected]. To serve on Tuesdays contact Allen Daugherty at 325-660-6949 or [email protected]. To serve on Wednesdays contact Jane Harvey at 325-695-0092 or [email protected]. To serve on Thurs-days contact Margaret Beasley at 325-692-4149 or [email protected]. To serve on Fridays contact Rachel Brown at [email protected].
Christian Homes & Family Services is seeking volunteers to do minor landscap-ing such as raking, trimming bushes, minor apartment repairs and general upkeep Monday-Saturday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information contact Shay-lee Honey at 325-677-2205 or [email protected].
The Abilene Public Zoo is seeking volun-teers to help clean/feed animals, assist zookeepers and assist with educational classes any weekday any time between 12 p.m.-4 p.m. They are also seeking volunteers to help with general labor such as grounds cleanup and painting any weekday at any time between noon and 4 p.m. For more information contact Joy Harsh at 325-676-6487.
Hill Resources is seeking volunteers to encourage and entertain mentally de-layed individuals Monday through Friday any time between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information contact Michelle Es-pinoza at 325-673-3346 or [email protected].
For additional volunteer opportunities visit: www.acu.edu/campusoffices/ccsl/ministry-service/volunteer-opportunities/The Oaks at Radford Hills is seeking vol-unteers to participate in activities, go on outings and provide social stimulation for residents any day at any time. For more information contact Michelle White or Sonia Serrato at 325-672-3236.
Rescue the Animals is seeking volunteers to work at the adoption center doing a variety of tasks including cleaning, social-izing and grooming the animals Monday - Saturday from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. For more information contact Mindi Qualls at 325-698-7722 or [email protected].
The CAC Department is seeking volun-teers to participate in Special Olympics, by helping mentally/physically chal-lenged people play games and sports Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. For more infomation contact Angel Seca at 325-690-5235.
Communities in Schools at Ortiz El-ementary school is seeking volunteers to set up games and snacks, be in charge and play games with students and clean up afterwards. They are looking for volunteers that will have fun playing with children and be willing to offer praise and encourage the children for having perfect attendance and no tardies during the last six weeks of school. For more informa-tion contact Sheila Ashford at 325-671-4945 x 5351 or [email protected].
For additional volunteer opportunities visit: www.acu.edu/campusoffices/ccsl/ministry-service/volunteer-opportunities/
Chapel checkup
Students received thou-sands in scholarships as part of Friday’s Student Art Competition.
The Student Art Com-petition is conducted an-nually. All students who are members of the De-partment of Art and De-sign are required to sub-mit an entry. Professors then determine which entries will be featured in the show. Partially based on the show, professors decide how they will grant certain monetary awards or scholarships for the next semester.
The department pro-vided 25 awards ranging from $500 to $4,000. Mi-chael Ferguson, sopho-more interior design ma-jor from Campbell, Calif., had one of his architec-tural models featured
in the show and won an award for excellence in architecture. He said this year featured an espe-cially competitive batch of work.
“At first I was excited just to have my architec-tural model selected for the show,” Ferguson said. “To be given an award on top of that was quite an honor.”
The artwork is on dis-play in the Shore Art Gal-lery. Mike Wiggins, de-partment chair, said the art will remain showcased throughout the summer.
“We have a lot of new freshmen coming in over
“At first I was excited just to have my architectural model selected for the show,” Ferguson said. “To be given an award on top of that was quite an hon-or.” the summer,” said Wiggins, associate profes-sor of art and design. “It’s great to have a lot of really excellent work showing for them.”
For a complete list of winners, visti acuopti-mist.com.
Participants were called to “Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.” at Relay for Life this past Friday and Saturday, which is precise-ly what they did. Through 12 hours of rallying and re-laying, Taylor County resi-dents took a stand against cancer.
According to the Relay for Life website, more than 60 teams participated in this year’s event, raising $130,034.85. The event lasted from 6:30 p.m. on Friday to 6:30 a.m. Satur-day on ACU’s soccer fields.
During the event teams are asked to keep at least one of their members on the track, because “can-cer never sleeps.” The ab-sence of a finish line also served as a symbol in the walk, showing spectators that activists wouldn’t stop fighting until there was a cure for cancer.
Many ACU students took initiative and cre-ated their own teams for this year’s event. Court-ney Martin, junior youth and family ministry major from New Braunfels, orga-nized a team with her resi-dents of Nelson Hall 2nd East. Through a bake sale set up in the Campus Cen-ter they earned $200. They also sold t-shirts with their team name, “The Mighty Ducklings,” for more mon-ey to put towards cancer research. As of last Thurs-day, the team had earned $1,725, beating their goal by $725.
Ali Stratton, freshman nursing major from Beau-mont, heard about the relay and decided to join The Mighty Ducklings in its campaign.
“I’ve never been to this before, but it’s really
cool seeing a tragedy like cancer bringing people together,” Stratton said. “This lets people connect with others that have been affected as well, so people know they’re not alone.”
As a Relay for Life tra-dition, the event started off with the celebration of the Survivor Lap. That lap, along with the silence lap
for those who passed away, are favorites to many par-ticipants, including Desti-nee Martinez, sophomore nursing major from Tom-ball, who organized team Laps on Laps on Laps.
Dystanie Douglas, freshman Ad/PR major from Fort Worth, walked alongside Martinez with team Laps on Laps on Laps, in remembrance of her close friend who lost a battle to brain cancer in 2010.
“I thought the survi-vor walk was the coolest part so far,” Douglas said. “It showed other specta-tors who had survived the fight, and served as a sign of triumph in the battle against cancer.”
Later, in the Luminaria Ceremony hundreds of decorated bags lit up the track course in remem-brance of loved ones peo-ple had lost. This allowed
younger kids or older fam-ily members that couldn’t make it to the walk to par-ticipate by writing on a bag that would be displayed later in the ceremony. Martin said the bags usu-ally spell out a word, and is “probably the most mov-ing moment” of the entire event.
The relay filled the north side of campus with laughter, people strolling hand in hand, social clubs
gathering for a greater cause and children selling homemade lemonade or candy bars for a few cents. Even if it was only for a night, the ACU community extended beyond its staff and students to gather those affected by cancer in a heartfelt embrace of sup-port and participation.
Last Thursday all ACU freshmen were required to participate in the sopho-more housing lottery.
The mood in the Stu-dent Recreation and Well-ness Center at 9:30 p.m. was chaotic. Almost 800 soon-to-be sophomores pushed and shoved their way through the halls to feel closer to the front of the line. The line wound its way through the gyms and up the stairs like a fat python.
However, no matter how close the students pushed towards the door, they were still held back by their little lottery number, whose digits determined their fate for next year. Al-though they all knew that the number determined where they must stand in line, they all forged closer to the door.
There was a shared vibe that one could only describe as sheer anxiety. It could be felt in the air. The building was dripping with distress. It was conta-gious.
The front of the line,
however, was more at peace. Some students were sitting, some stand-ing, listening to iPods or watching movies on their laptops, waiting for the process to begin. Smiles on their grim faces, know-ing karma was in their favor on the night they pulled their tickets.
However, towards the tail of the fat python, the faces changed. Eyebrows were lower, smiles upside-down.
Elise Brimberry, fresh-man social work major from Austin, drew number 259 for her lottery ticket. She was going for one of the most popular dorms, Barret Hall.
“Because my num-ber wasn’t super low, the whole time we were freaking out because we thought we weren’t go-ing to get it,” Brimberry said. “We ended up get-ting the last two rooms in Barret, so that was kind of crazy. We got really lucky … it doesn’t seem like the most efficient way, but it’s definitely fair. No one can complain about it be-ing unfair because of how random it is. I don’t think there’s any other way to do
it that would be as fair.”Brimberry was at the
housing lottery until 11:20 p.m.
Sikes Hall was the most popular dorm for the girls and it filled up the fastest. Barret was the most popu-lar for the boys, and it too filled up first.
Brimberry knew of few people who didn’t get the housing they wanted.
“It was especially hard for girls because most girls wanted to live in Sikes, so Sikes filled up really fast,”
she said. “If you didn’t have a really low number then you basically had no chance of getting into Sikes. I knew of a couple people who didn’t get what they wanted, but if they didn’t get their first choice, then most of them got their second choice. It really all just depends on your number.”
Addie Schmitz, sopho-more family ministry ma-jor from Grapevine, is a resident assistant in Gard-ner Hall. She was put in
charge of the back of the line during the housing lottery.
“It was fine during the first part but then as dorms started to fill up, people started getting sassy because their first picks and even second picks weren’t available anymore,” Schmitz said. “I had someone tell me that they would not live in Smith-Adams over their dead body… I had to leave a little early, but appar-ently I missed all the cry-
ing.”Schmitz said if she
could describe the hous-ing lottery in one word she would call it “hectic.”
However, Schmitz also thinks it’s the fairest way.
“There’s going to be people that argue that its not fair, but how else are we supposed to do it? I think it’s the best way.”
Much to the joy of stu-dents and faculty alike, new card readers have been installed in both Cullen Auditorium and the Chapel on the Hill.
Mark Lewis, assistant dean for Spiritual Life and Chapel Programs, said the new card read-ers will make signing in and out of Chapel forums easier.
“It’s a lot more effi-
cient than having to hand enter them or physically upload the physical read-ers,” Lewis said. “It’s just smoother.”
Lewis said the card readers were installed in Cullen and the Chapel on the Hill because these are the two most frequently used venues for Tuesday/Thursday Chapels and forums, and also because the old methods of sign-ing in were inefficient.
“The portable readers and signing in by hand just take longer,” Lewis
said. “With these built-in dedicated readers, it will just be so much quicker for the students.”
Jack Hodge, freshman political science major from Dallas, said the old portable card-readers were annoying.
“It was just kind of a hassle because you’d have to wait in line and sometimes they wouldn’t work,” Hodge said.
Caroline Gafford, sophomore biochemistry major from Dallas, said she became worried be-
cause it took so long for the office to manually enter all the students that all of her Chapel credits were not showing up.
“I was like ‘Where are all my Chapel credits?’” Gafford said. “I’ve been going every day.”
The portable read-ers and sign-ins were not only interfering with students trying to get to Chapel on time, but it also affected those lead-ing Chapel.
The Seekers of the Word Drama Ministry
ran into troubles during their Chapel forum, be-cause students were not aware of the new card readers and had to sign in manually.
Gafford, who is a mem-ber of Seekers, said they started the forum late be-cause students were still signing in when it came time to start.
“We had planned for an hour performance, but we started late so we went over,” Gafford said.
Meghann McLeskey, junior nursing major
from Burnet, said she views the new card read-ers as a chance for more fellowship among stu-dents.
“With more chances to swipe in, you won’t be crowded around the door at the front,” McLeskey said. “You’ll get to sit down sooner and you’ll get more time to talk to your friends.”
bottle of water and were then passed out to homeless peo-ple around Abilene.
“Our Bean Bucks don’t get refunded so we might as well do something with them,” said Janessa Beach, sophomore math education major from Van Alstyne. “As college students we don’t have a lot of means finan-cially, but especially fresh-men and sophomores with meal plans, we have this op-portunity to do something for the least.”
Brinkman and Beach are working with Anthony Wil-liams, chief auxiliary ser-vices officer, to create a way in which students can swipe their Bean Bucks directly into an account that goes to the organization’s bulk pur-chases. Donations will be collected at a table in Mc-Glothin Campus Center to-wards the end of finals week.
“If that doesn’t work out, then we will have a Facebook group where students can pledge how much money they wish to donate and then they will have a time to come to the Campus Center and buy the food that we have pre-ordered,” Brinkman said.
Beach said For the Least of These is inspired by the passage in Matthew 25 and Jesus’ parable of the sheep and the goats, where he encourages his follow-ers to serve “the least of these.”
“This is something that us as ACU students don’t have to go very far out of our way to help,” Brinkman said.
Beach said this is an easy way for students to serve.
“It’s a simple concept, but a big way to help,” she said.
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Taylor Langston, senior broadcast journalism major from Lubbock, and Layne Sharp, senior interdisciplinary major from McKinney, two-step in the arena at the Taylor County Expo Center as they await the start of their event.
-ties with ACIMO will be finding four or five large parcels of land owned by ACU that are near to cam-pus.
“Our vision for these developments varies de-pending upon the land and the location,” Young said. “Some we hope to develop into ‘mixed-use,’ including dining, retail and, perhaps, entertain-ment. Some will likely be developed as residential and some commercial/professional.”
He said the guiding principles are to enhance the land around ACU, turn
undeveloped land into in-come producing assets and partner with the city of Abilene to create a “vi-brant first-impression” for the city while improving economic development on the north side of town.
As CFO, Young is re-sponsible for all of the university’s financial op-erations, facilities, risk management, construc-tion and business servic-es. He said the new CFO must have a strong finan-cial background and suc-cess in leading the finan-cial operations of a large organization.
“He or she will need excellent communica-
tion skills to be able to express complex financial strategies to diverse audi-ences,” he said. “Perhaps most especially, they will need to be creative as they work through the chal-lenges and opportunities currently found in higher education.”
Young said these chal-lenges include making tuition rates more com-petitive, bringing down student debt and becom-ing more productive and efficient.
Dr. Allison Garrett, ex-ecutive vice president of the university, said ACI-MO has been “very under-standing” while the uni-
versity searches for a new CFO.
“They’ve allowed us to continue our search while we try to find the right person to take Kelly’s place,” she said.
Garrett said the posi-tion has been advertised in the Chronicle of Higher Education, on the hu-man resources website and through the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities.
“We’ve received a num-ber of applications,” she said. “So far we’ve brought four people to campus to interview, and we have another one or two who we’ll be interviewing over
the next few weeks.”Garrett said she hopes
the position will be filled over the summer, but tim-ing is flexible and based on when the right person is identified.
“The ideal candidate would be someone who is a CPA, who also has a master’s degree and who has a substantial amount of supervisory in high ed-ucation experience,” she said.
Garrett said a number of individuals have inter-viewed each candidate and provided feedback. Candidates will be nar-rowed down by compar-ing feedback, then she
and Schubert will confer about the final selection.
“I have been really grateful to Kelly because he has been so helpful with candidates and talk-ing with them about the staff and the duties of the position, challenges, ar-eas where things are go-ing really well and areas where we need to do some additional improvement,” Garrett said. “He’s been so gracious to spend his time helping candidates get up to speed, and I appreciate that a great deal.”
CFO: Administrators conducting interviewscontinued from page 1
administration
oodall came across this reci-pe from Pinterest, but says it has become a family favorite in her household.This cake includes layers of brown-ie, chocolate chip cookie, cheesecake, graham crack-
er, marshmallow frosting and chocolate frosting. “It’s perfect for chocolate lovers of the world and even better for a study break to share with your friends.”
First, make the brownies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.In a saucepan set over low heat, melt the
butter, then add the sugar and stir to com-bine. Return the mixture to the heat brief-ly, just until it’s hot, but not bubbling; it’ll become shiny looking as you stir it. While the sugar heats a second time, crack the four eggs into a bowl, and beat them with the cocoa, salt, baking powder, espresso powder and vanilla until smooth.
Add the hot butter/sugar mixture, stir-ring until smooth.
Add the flour and chips, again stirring
until smooth. Grease two round pans, pour in the bat-
ter, and bake in oven for 30 minutes. When done baking, remove and let cool.
Then, take them out of the pan and put them on a cooling rack.
Next, make the cookies. Goodall used the following recipe, but any cookie recipe could be substituted, she said.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.In a bowl, beat the butter and sugars for
about three minutes.Add the egg and vanilla and mix in
remaining ingredients.Grease two round pans again, split
dough into the two pans and bake on 350 for 10-12 minutes. When finished, let them cool and place on cooling racks to cool some more.
Next, prepare the cheesecake. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Using an
electric mixer, beat cream cheese on me-dium until fluffy, scraping down side of bowl. Then add the remaining ingredients.
Grease your pans, pour half of the fill-
ing in each pan. Bake for 15 minutes, then turn the oven temp down to 325 and bake for an additional 45 minutes.
Remove pan from oven, let cool 20 minutes. Run a knife around edge of the pans to loosen from the sides; let cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until ready to use.
To make the marshmallow frosting: Beat together the marshmallow fluff and butter, on medium speed, until the mix-ture is smooth and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Reduce the speed to low, add the powdered sugar and vanilla, and beat for another minute. Increase speed to
medium and beat for another 3 minutes until frosting is light and f luffy.
Now the chocolate frosting. Place all the ingredients in a food pro-
cessor and process until the frosting is smooth.
To assemble the coMponents, start from the bottom and alternate between a layer of brownies, marshmallow frosting, cook-ie, cheesecake, chocolate frosting and gra-ham cracker
Lastly, cover it all with the chocolate frosting and decorate if you’d like.
inals Week aproaches, bringing with it the longing of the summer life, a sweeter life. Next week, campus will overflow with over-caffeinated, over-worked and underfed students.
To combat all that is academic, some find comfort in food. Two such students, Beth Goodall, junior special education major from Irving, and Samantha Martinez, freshman man-
agement major from Houston, avidly enjoy baking in their free time and share their recipes for a week where free time will be limited. Put away your flashcards and preheat the oven.
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INGREDIENTS
CHOCOLATE-BANANA MARBLE BREAD
¾ c of sugar1 1/2 cups mashed banana
2 eggs2 cups flour
1tsp baking soda2tsp vanilla
½ tsp baking powder½ tsp salt
2 tablespoons cocoa powderAbout 3 tablespoons boiled water
Mix together in a medium mix-ing bowl the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In a large bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, vanilla and oil.
Slowly add the mashed ba-nanas to this mixture. Add the flour mix to this bowl slowly until a smooth batter forms.
Divide this batter into two small bowls, plac-ing an equal amount in each.
In a small bowl, place the cocoa powder and add water a tablespoon at a time until it forms a smooth paste. The consistency should be thick, but should slide off a spoon with relative ease.
Pour the chocolate mix into one of the bowls of batter and mix thoroughly. You should have a banana batter and a chocolate-banana batter.
Spray a bread pan with oil and spoon batter from both mixes in sporadically. Once all the batter has been put into the bread pan take the spoon and swirl the mix to create a marble effect.
Place the pan in the oven and bake at 350 de-grees for about 30 minutes. At 30 minutes, put a toothpick into the bread, if it comes out clean the bread is done, if not, add about 10-15 more minutes.
Recipe from: Samantha Martinez
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....SWEET ESCAPE
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Well gang, it’s that time of the semester again- when sleep is a distant memory, caffeine is being adminis-tered via IV drips at a Star-buck’s near you and trying to get an open computer in the library is like trying to beat all of the other Dis-tricts into the Cornucopia. That’s right, everyone. It’s time for finals.
Now, we all know how stressful finals week can be. It’s that rare point in the semester when it’s socially acceptable not to eat, sleep or shower...well, maybe not that last part. That be-ing said, we’ve decided to use our combined wisdom to compile a list of tips on how to survive the dreaded finals week.
First, start off your week the right way. Don’t spend all of Dead Day indoors studying. Yes, it’s good to set aside some of that Monday to be studious, but keep in mind that this is your last week before summer hits. At the end of finals, we will all disperse to our various corners of the country for three long months. So set aside some time to relax, sleep in and spend some quality time with your friends. Go outside and play football, go to the pool or go to a movie. But for good-ness sake, whatever you do, don’t go to the library.
Now let’s talk health is-
sues. Chances are, your au-tomatic response is probably to stay up late studying, sleep in until noon on the days that you can, and stuff your face full of McDonald’s or Taco Bell on those rare occa-sions that you remember to eat. That’s a terrible idea, and shame on you for for think-ing it. Instead, set aside some time to cook a real meal. That’s right, we said it...cook. Lay off the burgers and fries and settle in for something that feeds your brain as well as your body.
After you’ve finished your delicious home-cooked meal (or bowl of cereal for those of you who don’t know how to operate a stove), settle in for a little more study time before hitting the hay at a decent hour. Staying up late every night to cram won’t do you nearly as much good as maintaining a well-round-ed sleep schedule. So set a date with your pillow. It de-serves some face time this finals week.
Amidst all of the hustle and bustle, it’s easy to get lost in the moment. Just don’t get so lost in your studies that you forget to call home at least once during the week. You know that Mom is prob-ably pacing the floor, imag-ining you lying in a gutter somewhere because you “never call.” (In reality, you probably called twice last
week. But hey, she worries.) So humor her and pick up the phone. Let her know that you’re surviving ... so far.
When it comes to study-ing, avoid the library at all costs. The second floor is
where study habits go to die. Find a quiet place that’s free from distractions like talkative friends, loud cof-fee machines and that awk-ward couple in the corner booth, settle in with a nice
cup of coffee and a motiva-tional playlist and get down to business.
If all else fails, bribe...uh...flatter...no no...give your professor a juicy red apple, as a token of your
appreciation. So good luck, fellow test takers. May the odds be ever in your favor.
We all know those people. That guy who openly digs for gold up a nostril then exam-ines his find. Your roommate who never washes the dish-es. The fellow student that corrects every statement ver-balized in class. They require
a more than average effort for us to deal with. These are extra grace required (EGR) individuals.
That guy with the booger on his fingertip totally de-serves to be tackled to the ground for his crime. It
would be nice to smash a few of your roommate’s dirty plates over his/her head. But we don’t do that. It’s just not ladylike. Also, our culture and a book called the Bible doesn’t exactly encourage these types of interactions. Regardless of who you are or how mature one is there will always be that someone who will have you searching for body disposal locations on Google.
EGR individuals don’t make our lives very easy, but
neither is it their purpose in life to torment us. On many occasions, they are oblivious of the grief they cause. So what is the solution? Ignore reality? No! What are you, a masochist? Treat the bane of your life with the respect they deserve and just tell them the truth. “That thing you do, it bugs me. Sorry for being petty.” Otherwise emotions will only fester and one day erupt in an awful display of furious vengeance.
Honestly, people usu-
ally appreciate when others are real with them and gen-tly present their concerns. Deeper respect and cama-raderie can be the fruit of a conversation like this. And you could also get over your picky self and chill out a little.
During end of semes-ter crunch time though, we should seriously consider applying EGR to ourselves. Papers, projects and procras-tination is piling up. Profes-sors have become demons (EGR). We need to remem-
ber that we require grace as well. Does this give us license to be jerks? Nope. But it does give us license to pray and lean on our friends and fam-ily for encouragement.
Embrace EGR and punch these final weeks in the face... figuratively.
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2:02 p.m. April 15
“I just really want to thank you for wearing pants on a Christian campus” -an elderly woman to a girl in jeans as I walk by in shorts
2:22 p.m. Jan. 13To whoever left the big bag of m&ms in the newsroom: a crazy guy just ran in, grabbed it, ran out, then returned it mostly empty. Wasn’t me.
I have a confession to make. During my first semester
at ACU, I rarely read the Op-timist. I didn’t find it too in-teresting. I didn’t care about administration changes, campus events or what the editorial board thought about iPads in the classroom. I was happy to be an igno-rant, social freshman jour-nalism major with visions of ESPN employment dancing in his head and friends who weren’t allowed to dance. Journalism could wait. The
Optimist could wait.I didn’t go to class enough
and I complained about how busy I was. Truly, I wasn’t busy, I was just bad at study-ing when I needed to study and sleeping when I needed to sleep. I brought home straight Bs to begin Christ-mas break, which put my scholarship in jeopardy.
Then, the Optimist came to the rescue.
I got an email from the Optimist in February of freshman year. The publica-
tion was looking for sports writers. I figured, “Eh, why not.”
It ended up working out.The best part about writ-
ing for sports was also the worst part: the pressure to turn a story around quickly and consistently twice a week. I usually got my as-signment about 24 hours before it was due, which meant I needed to work around my “busy” sched-ule. I had to turn in my sto-ry by 5 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday, and I did. Homework would come after, or sometimes during, and I did it. I slept better and studied harder because I now had a limited amount of time to do so.
My grades went up.
The Optimist adviser, Dr. Kenneth Pybus, emailed me soon after I started writing, inviting me to something called TIPA. I went to the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention on a whim, and mostly to be excused from classes for two days.
It ended up working out.I won one contest and got
second in the other. After-ward, as I continued to write sports, I expected to move up to assistant sports editor the next semester.
Then Kenneth emailed me again to talk about work-ing on staff. He asked me if I would want to be managing editor. I was flattered be-cause I didn’t realize he only asked me because no one
else had wanted to do it. So I accepted.
It ended up working out.It was definitely a learn-
ing experience. I needed a big learning curve in the news writing, newsworthi-ness deciphering and page designing areas. But I got good at it and decided I’d ap-ply to be editor-in-chief for the 2012-13 school year.
It ended up working out.Not that this school year
has been easy. Not at all. But if I had to do it all over again, I’d do it all again (Yogi Berra). I have truly enjoyed working here and serving the student body the best way I could, by bringing it the best college news coverage we could. I couldn’t ask for better advis-ers or coworkers. I’m proud
of them and the publica-tion, especially after winning overall excellence and best all-around contests in state and regional competitions.
The Optimist has given me and many others more than a job and a resume makeover, though. It’s given responsibility, knowledge, experience and good time management. It prepared me for the real world better than most classrooms have. JMC majors, apply. Work here, even if it’s unpaid. It’s a good teacher, a good environment and good experience worth the late nights and last-min-ute assignments.
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12:58 p.m. April 25Freshmen whining about their workload. I bet it’s terrible working around that Xbox live schedule. Call me when you take your 40th final.
wednesday 05.01.137 sports
Wildcats shocked by walkoffThe Abilene Christian softball team suffered an upsetting 7-8 extra inning loss at the bat of Midwestern State’s No. 6 batter Christina Roosmalen, who belted a shot to left field just missing the foul pole.
The loss brings the team’s overall regular season record to 28-25 and 12-15 in their last season competing in the Lone Star Conference.
“In our conference anyone can beat anyone, so it is tough losing when we all played the game we know we can play,” said centerfielder Keanna Winkfield.
In game one, the Wildcats were sitting pretty with eight unanswered runs in between the fourth and sixth innings to seal their 8-1 victory.
Starter Caitlyn Crain (14-12) threw a complete game recording six strikeouts with only eight hits, allowing only one run in the fourth from two doubles by Katelyn Vinson and Courtney Bingham.
Lyndi Smith finished 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBI, while Heather Peacock went 2-for-3 with three RBI.
In game two, the ‘Cats walked off the field heads bowed when a solo shot sailed just right of the left-field foul pole ending the extra-inning game 7-8(9).
“The Midwestern series showed us how much we have to prepare for in the conference tournament,”
said starting pitcher Shelby Hall.
Senior Shelby Hall started the nightcap off losing the lead twice, but her offense rallied to build her confidence as they quickly scored three runs
in the first from Peacock, Keanna Winkfield and Sara Vaughn.
The lead was later lost an inning later on a two-out rally led by the bats of Haley Howerton and Bingham.
The triple from
Bingham gave the Mustangs a 5-3 lead.
Later in the fourth, Keanna Winkfield dashed down the third base line toward home after a throwing error from MSU’s right fielder
to knot the game 5-5. Earlier in the first
inning, Winkfield made an acrobatic catch hitting the centerfield wall.
The Wildcats are locked into seventh place in the LSC, which means their
next opponent will be against second-place West Texas A&M University this Friday at 2 p.m.
softball
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Outfielder Keanna Winkfield prepares to toss a ball in from left field at home last weekend. ACU lost two of three games this weekend at home Poly Wells Field. ACU will play West Texas A&M this weekend in the Lone Star Conference tournament.
The Wildcat track and field team traveled to Lubbock this past weekend to compete in the Texas Tech Red Raider Open. The team registered a total of eight individual season bests, led by junior Andrew Hudson and freshman Johnathan Farquharson.
“I was very pleased with our overall performance at Texas Tech,” Head Coach Jerrod Cook said. “I think we are on a great track for conference. There are still so many athletes that are close to having a break
out performance and conference is the perfect time and place to do it.”
Hudson really stood out in the discus throw, as he registered a 181-1/55.19m. The throw finished fifth at the open and currently ranks fourth in Division II.
Hudson’s mark was more than three feet better than his previous season best of 177-06 recorded at last week’s Michael Johnson Dr. Pepper Classic.
In the hammer, Hudson missed the NCAA provisional standard by a mere six feet as his best throw landed at the 171-10 mark (52.37m), which was good for third place.
“I was very thankful that I threw well at the meet, but I am more excited to see our team coming together at the right time,” Hudson said. “It was a good meet that gave everyone a little confidence.”
Amelia Mitchell attained a personal record in the javelin (145-4/44.28m), as did Shalaina Lakey, who won the hammer with a toss of 168-7 (51.39m). Mitchell’s effort ranks 10th nationally, which should be enough to get her to nationals. Lakey’s mark ranks her 21st.
“I feel our performances are a testament to what all the athletes do on a daily basis to prepare for every
moment in competition,” Cook said. “Everybody is pushing and elevating their performance to the next level each week and it is very exciting to see.”
Farquharson recorded a 10.36 second time in the 100-meter dash to finish third overall. His time was a season best by .18 seconds and currently ranks him fourth in all of Division II.
Farquharson also ran the third leg for a 4x100-meter relay that placed second with a 17th-ranked provisional time of 40.94.
“I felt really good about our teams performance overall,” Hudson said. “It was a very good meet for us.
A lot of people are peaking at the right time and that is exactly what you want to see heading into the conference meet.”
On the women’s side, senior Chloe Susset recorded a personal record in the 800m of 2:15.88 and won the 1500 with a time of 4:38.66.
The women’s 4x400 ran for the first time of the season, bolstered by the return of Elea Diarra, and posted a provisional mark of 3:48.34 that ranks 19th in Division II.
Shennae Steele, Karolyn Palmer and Ayesha Rumble ran the first three legs prior to Diarra’s anchor lap.
Diarra placed eighth in the 200m at 25.12 for her lone individual race.
“Many of my teammates did really well at this meet,” Susset said. “The throwers Amelia and Andrew, Jay on the 100 and 200, and Darian on the long jump and others, everyone contributed and helped out.”
The team will compete at the Lone Star Conference Championships at West Texas A&M in Canyon, TX this upcoming weekend.
track & field
Bats: ACU offense shut down by the Rams
win. He tossed seven in-nings while scattering six hits and did not give up an earned run. He also struck out five batters.
The offense brought across four runs in the third inning of that con-test. The Wildcats trailed
1-0 going into the bot-tom of the third before
the first three batters of the inning reached base.
Schuetze and Ty Taylor both got on with bunts when they were trying to sacrifice.
First baseman Tyler Eager beat out an infield hit with the bases loaded which plated Emmett Ni-land.
The ball then rolled past the second base-man allowing Schuetze to score the go-ahead run on the error.
Following a sacrifice bunt by Chuck Duarte, Kyle Giusti hit a single to center field driving in Taylor to make it 3-1.
Kyle Conwell whacked a sacrifice f ly that plated Eager for the final run of the inning.
“Friday, we got good pitching and hit the ball a lot,” Schuetze said. “The next three games we didn’t hit as well as on Friday.”
In the finale Sunday, the ‘Cats led the Rams 2-1 going into the eighth and had closer Brady Rodri-guez on the mound.
Rodriguez, who has been lights out all season, allowed three runs with two outs which gave ASU a 4-2 advantage they would not relinquish.
Rodriguez gave up back-to-back singles with one out then with two outs, he hit a batter to load the bases.
The next hitter caused all the damage with a bases-clearing double to deep left-centerfield.
“There were a couple of hitters we had two strikes on,” said head
coach Britt Bonneau. “We just weren’t able to get that pitch we wanted.”
baseball
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Centerfielder Ty Taylor catches a fly ball and prepares to throw it back to the infield.
Sophomore Brittney Reed leaps up to hit a ball in a regional matchup against Tarleton State University Monday afternoon at the Eager Tennis Pavilion. Reed was playing a doubles match with teammate Julia Mongin. They won their match 8-1.
The track and field team is running in the Lone Star Conference meet Thursday through Saturday. ACU is one of the favorites to win the meet.
The softball team will play West Texas A&M Friday at 2 p.m. in the LSC tournament.
The baseball team also plays in the LSC tournament Friday afternoon against Texas A&M University Kingsville at 3:30 p.m.
women’s tennis
standings
briefings
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Former ACU kicker Morgan Lineberry signed with the Carolina Panthers over the weekend.
Seven ACU Wildcats were given academic awards in the Lone Star Conference.
Shelby Hall, Jordan Herrera, Emily Hill, Brady Rodriguez, Travis Schuetze, Matthew Stark and Sara Vaughn were all recipients of the award this weekend.
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Head tennis coach Hutton Jones is having a good couple
of weeks. Jones was named Lone Star Conference coach of the year for the fourth time after leading the women’s tennis team through an undefeated LSC schedule. After that, the women dismantled Tarleton State in the regional finals to advance to the Round of 16 and continue their march toward a national championship. Jones team did not drop a single match in the regional final, and the team has not lost a match in nearly six weeks. The next match for ACU is on May 8th.
The No. 5 nationally ranked women’s tennis team is ending their Lone Star Conference (LSC) and Division II term with a bang.
Monday, the team hosted the Tarleton State Tex Anns in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament here at home, at the Eager Tennis Pavilion.
The team easily dominated with doubles being played first. Right
away, they proved once again that the Wildcats will always protect their house, winning all three of their doubles and both of the singles matches that were played.
At this phase of the season, most of the singles matches have gone unfinished in an effort to keep the pace of the day and rest the players.
With her return to the court from an injury, Julia Mongin was paired with Brittney Reed as they defeated Alicia Perez and Karla
Martinez-Hamda 8-1.Duo Micah Hermsdorf
and Hannah Kelley took on Melanie Barnes and Ivana Zecevic 8-2.
The pair of Laura Mongin and Kaysie Hermsdorf gained the last team point for doubles, challenging Makenzie Mitchell and Marina Rull 8-3.
Before the matches went unfinished, the singles matches were looking bright for the Wildcats.
The match of Julia was strong with 6-4, 2-2, Micah and Kelley was serving 6-4, 0-1, and
Reed was going 6-1, 2-0, before their matches were decided to be left unfinished.
Senior Laura Mongin gained a team point for her finished match where she defeated with Tarleton’s Zecevic 6-0 straight.
Kaysie Hermsdorf also gained team point for her finished match against Silvia Nieva-Garcia 6-1, 6-1.
This 5-0 victory against Tarleton is the second time the Wildcats have triumphed against them this season.
With their record
currently 27-5 overall, the 13th straight win for the team sends them to the NCAA Round 16 Tournament, where they will face off Columbus State University May 8 with hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals.
The team has nothing to fear as this is their 26th regional title and its 18th appearance in a NCAA Divison II Tournament.
The ACU tennis team capped their last year in the Lone Star Conference by compiling 22 post season awards for their play in the regular season.
“I think it says we are very deep and everyone is a vital asset to the team,” Brittney Reed said. “It means a lot to me. I am thankful to be selected on a team of such great players.”
Hans Hach and Julia Mongin each grabbed Player of the Year Awards
for the third time in as many years.
Head coach Hutton Jones also came away with coach of the year honors for the fourth time after coaching the women’s team through another undefeated season in conference play.
The Wildcats also collected plenty of all-all conference selections as Mongin and Hach were joined by Guiherme Gesser, Jason Proctor and Borja Cortes on the men’s side.
“I think it is not only a proud moment for the team but also for the
school,” Micah Hermsdorf said. “To end our last season in Division II by winning all of these awards in preparation for going Division I is a great accomplishment.”
Joining them were Hermsdorf, Hannah Kelley and Reed on the women’s side.
“It is exciting to find out that you won an honor without trying for an award,” Hersdorf said. “It is exciting for not only me but for all the players on the team that received one.”
ACU also swept freshman of the year
honors, with both Kaysie Hermsdorf and Nicklas Wingord representing the women’s and men’s team respectively.
The Wildcats also earned awards for their academics and sportsmanship, as Micah won Academic Player of the Year. Emily Conrad and Hach were also honorees.
“I think it is more important to get awards based on attitude,” Hermsdorf said. “Our coach is really big on attitude and not just about winning and losing. It is nice to be acknowledged
not only for our talent but also the way we carry ourselves with our talent by showing sportsmanship.”
Laura Mongin was one of three players that earned the Sportsmanship Player of the Year.
The women’s team will play in the Round of 16 May 8th in Sunrise, Ariz. after dismantling Tarleton State in the regional finals 5-0 in front of the ACU home crowd.
tennis
Offense sputters as ‘Cats lose to ASU
The Wildcat offense could not get anything going against Angelo State’s starting pitchers this past weekend. The ‘Cats lost three of four to the Rams which dropped the team from second place to fifth in the Lone Star Conference.
“We have to hit better,” said utility-man Travis Schuetze. “We can’t ex-pect our pitchers to throw zeroes every night.”
ACU finishes the reg-ular season with a 28-22 overall record and a 15-13 mark in the confer-ence. ASU finishes at 33-17 and 17-11.
The Rams will rep-resent the No. 3 seed in the Lone Star Conference Championship Tourna-ment starting this week-
end. Regular-season champion Tarleton State is the No. 1 seed followed by No. 2 Texas A&M-Kingsville. West Texas A&M is No. 4, the Wild-cats are No. 5 and Incar-nate Word rounds out the sixth spot.
“We have to win as many games as possible to get a regional bid,” Schuetze said.
The ‘Cats will play Kingsville on Friday at 3:30 p.m. in Canyon. The squad is 3-2 against the Javelinas this season. They took a four-game se-ries from TAMU-K earlier this year in Kingsville.
ACU won the first game of the series with Angelo State, 7-2 but fell in the next three games 3-1, 6-1 and 4-2.
Starter Aaron Lambrix (4-4) was stellar in the one
baseball
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Secondbaseman Seth Spivey leaps over an Angelo State baserunner.
