Football
Texas State football players test positive for COVID-19
Aidan Bea, Sports Editor
June 17, 2020
Texas State Athletics announced June 17 five football players tested positive for COVID-19. The players are believed to have contracted the virus outside of football activities. The five are in self-isolation for 14 days with their care managed by university health professionals, athletic trainers...
Continuity of Intercollegiate Athletics Group outlines plan for return of athletic activities
Aidan Bea, Sports Editor
June 12, 2020
Texas State Athletics began phase 1 of its plan to return to in-person activities June 1 with precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. During a webinar June 5, members of the committee went into detail and answered questions about the plan. The resocialization plan, developed by the Continuity...
Back-to-back protests: Texas State students and Athletics speak up for Black lives
Jaden Edison and Colton McWilliams
June 11, 2020
The San Marcos community held two protests June 10, one organized by Texas State students and the other by the university's Athletic Department, advocating for Black lives lost at the hands of police. The first, put together by Malina Sutton and Kyla Finchum, took place at the Hays County Historic...
This school year’s top moments: No. 5 – Bryan London becomes Texas State’s all-time leading tackler
June 1, 2020
Editor’s Note: From May 25-29 and May 31-June 5, The University Star’s sports staff will break down its Top 10 moments in Texas State sports from this past school year. After another 3-9 season, one of the few highlights of Texas State's football season was linebacker Bryan London marking his...
NCAA to allow on-campus workouts for football and basketball athletes
Jaden Edison, Editor-in-Chief
May 21, 2020
The NCAA decided in a virtual meeting May 20 to allow Division I football and basketball student-athletes to participate in voluntary in-person athletic activities on campuses. Starting June 1, as long as all local, state and federal regulations are followed, the activities may be conducted. To accommodate...
How COVID-19 changed the game for me
Kate Connors, Multimedia Reporter
May 13, 2020
Never in life did I think I would have to temporarily say goodbye to sports due to a global pandemic. Before March 12, my life was jam-packed with social and sporting events and nights of editing photos. Now, with classes moved online, stores and restaurants closed, college students forced to move...
Bobcats sign NFL contracts
Claire Partain, Sports Editor
April 29, 2020
Three former Texas State athletes saw their professional hopes come to reality over the past week with former linebacker Bryan London II signing to the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday. On Saturday, former offensive lineman Aaron Brewer signed to the Tennessee Titans and former linebacker Frankie Griffin...
Spavital, staff push football recruitment online
April 20, 2020
The COVID-19 epidemic halted the Texas State football program and second year head coach Jake Spavital in the middle of spring practices. Now, like every other program in the country, the Bobcats are figuring out how to recruit with technology they have not had to rely on before.While the Texas State cam...
(Podcast) ‘Cats Got Our Tongues, Ep. 35
Claire Partain, Colton Mcwilliams, and Cade Andrews
March 7, 2020
Sports Editor Claire Partain, Assistant Sports Editor Colton McWilliams and sports reporter Cade Andrews have a roundtable discussion about men’s basketball’s triple-overtime thriller against UTA, women’s basketball’s weekend sweep, softball heading into Sun Belt play and baseball’...
(Podcast) ‘Cats Got Our Tongues, Ep. 31
Claire Partain, Colton McWilliams, and Cade Andrews
February 7, 2020
Sports Editor Claire Partain, assistant sports editor Colton McWilliams and reporter Cade Andrews return to discuss the latest developments in Texas State athletics. The crew discusses basketball's Nijal Pearson's recent struggles, women's basketball ending their eight-game losing strea...
Football announces recruits, new staff on National Signing Day
Colton Mcwilliams and Claire Partain
February 5, 2020
Texas State football appears to be starting the season anew and has signed 18 recruits alongside newly hired offensive coaches Brian Hamilton and offensive coordinator Jacob Peeler by the time National Signing Day rolled around on Wednesday. After losing 22 seniors from the 2019 season, including...
Former Texas State tight end coach fired for Hitler comments
Jackson Short, Sports Reporter
February 5, 2020
Former Texas State tight end coach Morris Berger resigned from his job as the Grand Valley State University offensive coordinator due to his comment about Adolf Hitler on Saturday, Jan 30, only 10 days after accepting the job. Berger will receive $90,000 from the university- $80,000 for his salary...
