SAN ANGELO – The Angelo State women’s basketball team, returning to action after a two-week layoff due to game postponements, dominated Midwestern State, 98-72, to pick up their first conference win of the season.

The win marks the Rambelles’ first home conference win since February 20, 2020, against Texas A&M-Kingsville; it is also the first conference win for head coach Alesha Ellis.

The 98 points for the Rambelles is the most points scored in a game since December 21, 2019, when the Rambelles put 99 points past Cameron on that day. The 98 points is also tied for the fourth-most points scored by an LSC team this season.

The Rambelles dominated in all facets of the game: they shot a season-high 54.2 percent from the field, including shooting 57.9 percent in the second quarter and 75 percent in the fourth quarter. They made 39 field goals on the night, the most any LSC school has made in a single game this season and assisted 28 times in this game, also a conference-best this season.

The Rambelles also out-rebounded the Mustangs 41-28, the fewest the Rambelles have allowed in a game this season; the Rambelles forced the Mustangs into 25 turnovers, recording a season-high 19 steals in the process.

The largest lead for the Mustangs was seven points with under a minute left in the first quarter; the Rambelles would then go on a 20-4 run until the 4:13 mark in the second quarter to secure a nine-point lead, a lead that they kept building on for the rest of the game.

Seven Rambelles scored in double-digits on the evening, led by Blakely Gerber’s 17 points. The Wayland Baptist transfer was perfect from two-point range in seven attempts, also adding in five assists and three steals.

Sawyer Lloyd and Madeline Stephens both scored 16 points, with Stephens recording her second double-double on the season, grabbing 11 rebounds. Lloyd assisted a game-high eight times, also recording six steals and four rebounds.

Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant shot 7-8 from the field, finishing with 14 points, seven rebounds and a pair of steals.

Payton Brown, Ashlynn Sharp, and Samantha Rocha scored ten points apiece; Brown assisted seven times while Sharp recorded four steals and Rocha grabbed seven rebounds.

All 11 players dressed for the Rambelles ended up seeing action as well, with Brighton Adams and Neely Woodscoring three and two points, respectively, while Kyla Cobb and Taylor Moravcik also played for the Rambelles on the evening.

The Rambelles improve to 4-9 on the season and 1-1 in conference play. They return to action on Saturday against Texas Woman’s, with that game scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

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WICHITA FALLS – A record-shattering second half for the No. 3 ranked Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball team helped the Lions cruise to an 81-35 win over the Midwestern State Mustangs at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Thursday night and move to 10-0 on the season.
 
Midwestern State was held to just seven points in the second half, which is the least amount of points allowed by the Lions in a half under coach Jason Burton. The one point allowed in the fourth quarter is the lowest mark since the NCAA implemented quarters in women’s basketball in 2015-16. The Mustangs were held without a field goal in a quarter for the first time in program history.
 
The Mustangs, who fall to 5-4, did not make a field goal in the last 16 minutes and 50 seconds, scoring just two points in that stretch. The Lions’ margin of victory of 46 points is the most by either team in Wichita Falls in the 50 meetings between the two teams.
 
A&M-Commerce fell down 4-2 in the first two minutes of the game, but responded by scoring the next 11 points in a span of three minutes. Chania Wright (DeSoto) had four of the 11 points. The Lions held Midwestern State to shoot 0 for 5 in that stretch.
 
Mia Deck (Frisco – Lone Star) knocked down a three pointer with 2:48 to go in the first quarter to give the Lions their largest lead of the first half, 18-8. Midwestern State cut into the Lion lead by holding them scoreless for the next two minutes and trailed 20-14 at the end of the first half.
 
The Lions were held without a point for the first three and a half minutes in the second quarter. The Mustangs capitalized and cut it to 20-18. A jumper by Dyani Robinson (Langham Creek) with 4:55 to go in the quarter was A&M-Commerce’s first made field goal of the second quarter, giving the Lions a 23-20 lead.
 
Midwestern State stayed within one possession of the Lions for most of the second quarter and took its first lead of the half on a layup by Frances King at the 2:55 mark at 26-25. Robinson regained the lead for the Lions with an and-one. The Lions closed out the first half with a mini 4-0 run on jumpers by Wright and DesiRay Kernal (Newton, Kan.) to lead 32-28 at the half.
 
Laila Lawrence (Lewisville) was halfway towards a double-double in the first half with eight points and six rebounds. She also had 2 steals.
 
The Lions started the third quarter on a 6-0 run to match their largest lead of the game at 38-28. Lawrence gave the Lions a 48-33 lead with 4:03 to go in the third quarter, which was their largest lead up to that points. A&M-Commerce held the Mustangs without a made basket for six minutes and 50 seconds during the third quarter. Yasmine Sifaoui ended the Mustangs’ scoring drought with a free throw.
 
Heading into the fourth quarter, the Lions led by 53-34. The Mustangs were held to shoot 2 for 15 from the field in the third quarter and made one of their two free throw attempts, scoring one point in the last seven minutes of the third quarter.
 
The scoring drought for the Mustangs extended into the fourth quarter. They were held to a point in the quarter. A&M-Commerce scored 28 in the quarter.
 
Lawrence and Kernal nearly missed double doubles. Lawrence totaled 19 points on 8 for 16 shooting as well as nine rebounds and two blocks. Kernal grabbed 13 rebounds and scored nine points, she also had three assists.
 
Robinson led the team in scoring with 18, she also tallied three assists. Asiyha Smith (Conway, Ark.) scored seven points in the fourth quarter, while Wright scored six in the game.
 
Ravae Payne (Pearland) recorded four points and two rebounds. Deck scored six, while Victoria Hinton (Potomac, Va.) totaled four points and four rebounds.
 
No Midwestern State player had more than six points in the game. The two teams meet again in two weeks in Commerce to open Lone Star Conference play on Friday, December 31 at 2 p.m.

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WICHITA FALLS – UT Tyler exploded for 43 second-half points to negate a halftime deficit and move to 7-0 for the first time in program history with a 75-63 win over Midwestern State on Monday night in Wichita Falls, Texas.

The non-conference win over the Mustangs betters the 6-0 start to the season for the 2017-18 UT Tyler team, establishing the best start in UT Tyler men’s basketball history for the 2021-22 Patriots. Graduate student Eysan Wiley led the charge back from a 36-32 Midwestern State first-half advantage with 18 second-half points, connecting on 5-of-6 from the field in the half alone in route to 22 points for the game.

The Patriots connected on 13-of-27 from the field in the final 20 minutes, and held Midwestern State to 0-for-14 from beyond the three-point line in the second half while continually pushing forward with steady offense. UT Tyler scored the first two baskets of the second half on jumpers from Micah Fuller and Milan Szabo, the second of which from Szabo knotted the game up at 36-36 with 18:35 left in the game.

Another dunk from Szabo and a successful and-one opportunity for Fuller capped off the seven unanswered for UT Tyler out of the halftime break and established a 41-36 lead for the Patriots. Midwestern State settled in after the hot second-half start for the Patriots and kept the deficit to around a one-possession ball game before Eysan began his second-half onslaught of scoring at the 12:48 mark.

Eysan changed the course of the remaining of the contest at that point with a jump-shot make and then three-consecutive made three-point buckets to break open the game at 57-46 with 10:28 left on the clock. That turning point allowed UT Tyler to control the tempo for the remainder of the contest with the lead firmly in tact, and led by as many as 13 on three different occasions in the final 10 minutes of play.

Midwestern State narrowed the margin to just seven with 1:14 remaining, but were eventually held at a comfortable distance thanks to 14 free-throw makes in the second half by the Patriots.

Szabo added 14 points and nine rebounds to help compliment the solid outing from Wiley, who’s 22-point total on Monday night is the second time the graduate transfer has gone for 20 or more points this season. Szabo has now reached double-digit scoring totals in three out of his last four games and has totaled nine rebounds in each of the last two wins for the Patriots.

Senior Da’Zhon Wyche scored 10 points to follow up consecutive 19-point outings against Mississippi College and Dallas Baptist in the last two Patriot victories.

UT Tyler finished the game 25-of-53 (47.2 percent) from the field and went 6-for-16 (37.5 percent) from behind the three-point line. The Patriots won the rebounding battle for the sixth time in seven games this season, finishing with 40 while Midwestern State had 33.

The Patriots will return home with their undefeated 7-0 record on Thursday of this week to begin a two-game home stand. Thursday’s game is set for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off against UAFS and Saturday’s game is scheduled for a 4 p.m. tip against Oklahoma Christian.

Thursday’s game against UAFS will consistent of a toy drive hosted by the UT Tyler Police Department. The UT Tyler Police Department is asking that attendees please bring a new unwrapped toy for donation. Each toy brought to the women’s or men’s game will equal one free entry into that night’s contests. Only new and unwrapped toys will be accepted.

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WICHITA FALLS – The Belles, playing their first conference road match of the season, were able to come out on top against a stingy Mustangs squad, despite the home team taking the second set from the Belles. 

The Belles outkilled the hosts 51-42 and hit .254 on the night, slightly above their season average while holding the Mustangs to .123 hitting percentage, slightly below the season average for Belles’ opponents.  

The lead changed hands multiple times in the first set, before the Mustangs led set two start to finish. The Belles responded by leading set three wire-to-wire as well as having just as firm of a grip on the fourth and final set.  

Elsa Lamphere led all players with a season-high 15 kills for the sophomore. She hit .294 for the match, one of four Belles to hit over .250 on the night.  

Delaney Fuller was not too far off from her teammate, recording 13 kills and hitting .296.  

Kailyn Gilbreath led all players with 26 assists, as well as not committing an attacking error as she buried seven kills. Teammate Jaedyn Woolley added 14 assists of her own off the bench.  

Baleigh Allen recorded seven total blocks, including two solo blocks, and libero Chloe Patton accounted for 40 percent of all Belles’ digs, with the senior being responsible for 16 of the Belles’ 40 digs.  

The Belles improve to 10-2 on the season overall and 3-0 in conference play; they are back in action tomorrow afternoon in Lawton, Oklahoma versus Cameron.  

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WICHITA FALLS – Dominic Rhodes earned induction into the 2021 class of the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor Tuesday afternoon.

He is the first Midwestern State representative to receive the league’s highest honor.

The Abilene Cooper High product honed his skills helping to change the fate of an MSU football program four seasons after making the jump to NCAA Division II.

Rhodes needed just two seasons to amass a then-program record 2,541 yards earning third-team Don Hansen Football Gazette All-America honors as a senior leading MSU to its first winning ledger in nine seasons. The program remained on the plus-side for the next 19 seasons.

He gained entry into the MSU Athletic Hall of Honor in 2016.

The versatile Rhodes ranked third in NCAA Division II during his senior campaign in 2000 accounting for more than 185 all-purpose yards per game finishing the season with 1,387 yards on 229 carries with 17 touchdowns while also serving as the team’s primary punt and kick returner.

The 5-11, 205-pounder ran for at least 100 yards seven times as a senior including in each of his last five games as went for 192 yards and four TDs against Oklahoma Panhandle State, 153 yards and two TDs versus Southeastern Oklahoma, 163 yards and two scores at Northeastern State, 126 yards and three touchdowns at Tarleton State and 180 yards and a score against Southwestern Oklahoma.

Rhodes’ efforts helped MSU to a 7-4 mark for its first winning season since going 9-3 in 2001 as a member of the NAIA. It was the start of MSU’s current run of 17 consecutive winning ledgers.

As a junior, he became just the third running back since MSU resurrected football 12 years prior to run for 1,000 yards amassing seven 100-yard performances to finish with 1,154 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Following his MSU career, Rhodes signed as undrafted free agent with the Indianapolis Colts where it didn’t take long to make a splash.

Taking over for the injured Edgerrin James, he ran for the most yards by an undrafted rookie in NFL history going for 1,104 yards despite only playing the final nine games of the season.

It was the first of eight seasons in the NFL for Rhodes, who accounted for 3,286 yards and 26 touchdowns during stints with Indianapolis and Oakland.

Rhodes ran for 113 yards and a touchdown in Indianapolis’ 29-17 win over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI.

Prior to MSU, he earned NJCAA All-America accolades and was a two-time all-conference performer at Tyler JC.

Rhodes also earned entry into the Abilene Cooper High School Hall of Fame in 2016. The 1997 graduate led the Cougars to the 1996 Class 5A title game amassing the second best single-season rushing total in school history with 2,183 yards.

He is also the school’s all-time playoff rushing leader with 1,202 yards and stands fourth on CHS’ all-time rushing list with 3,102 yards.

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WICHITA FALLS — Brittanie Talley sparked a tremendous turnaround at Vernon College turning an eight-win program into a burgeoning powerhouse over the last five years.
 
Talley now faces the same task of reviving Midwestern State’s traditionally strong program as she was named MSU’s third softball coach Tuesday morning.
 
“Brittanie brings with her a commonality of expectations between the athletic department and her athletes as well as a shared vision that MSU Softball deserves,” MSU Athletics Director Kyle Williams said. “She comes to MSU from a junior college region that competes at a very high level. She encourages campus and community relations while building success stories within MSU Softball. MSU Texas welcomes Brittanie Talley.”
 
MSU established a strong brand on the softball diamond earning NCAA Division II postseason qualification in nine of its first 11 seasons since bring back the sport in 2004. The Mustangs led the nation with 108 wins over two seasons in 2010 and 2011 culminating in two Lone Star Conference titles (2006, 2007) and a national semifinal showing (2011).
 
“It’s a great school in the Lone Star Conference,” Talley said. It’s a very competitive conference and that gives me the chance to establish roots in D2 and get it going. The school and the history that Midwestern has in itself is enough to attract any coach.”
 
Talley amassed a 129-75 record (.632) over the past five seasons at Vernon College earning Texoma NexStar Small College Coach of the Year honors after leading the Chaps to a 42-12 mark this spring advancing to the NJCAA regional tournament.
 
That came on the heels of an incredible run in 2020 as the Chaps rolled out to a 21-1 start before the campaign was halted by the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Talley doubled the Chaps’ win total in her first season going 17-43 in 2017 working the program to a winning ledger with a 34-19 mark in 2019.
 
She will face a similar task at Midwestern State where the Mustangs have managed one LSC postseason appearance since 2015 and produced one winning season over the last five years.
 
Talley believes the ingredients remain to restore the program’s history of success.
 
“The facilities are awesome and with the administration on board and wanting to win, that makes a big difference,” she said. “The other sports are already successful. That helps a lot, as well, with kids waning to be a Mustang and to be a part of the MSU culture as a whole. There are a lot of majors to pick from, so the academic side is a big sell especially for female athletes. Academics play a huge role in a lot of their picks and where they choose to go. MSU has it covered on all angles. That makes it really attractive for students which makes my job a whole lot easier.”
 
Prior to Vernon College, Talley played a role in a successful three-year run at Alabama State helping the Lady Hornets to a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) title and a trip to NCAA Division I regionals in 2016.
 
Talley competed professionally for the Skovde Saints winning a Swedish championship as the league’s pitcher of the year in 2011. While in Sweden, she served as the pitching coach for the Swedish National Team in the European Championships calling pitches and working with hitters.
 
Talley enjoyed a standout collegiate career at Jackson State where she earned second-team All-SWAC honors earning 27 career wins while posting seven shutouts. She also boasted a .320 batting average in 172 career at bats.
 
Talley graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in health, physical education and recreation from JSU in 2010 before starting her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Southern Arkansas.

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WICHITA FALLS – Midwestern State’s Jake Doggett and Garrett Leek earned PING All-South Central Region first-team honors as released Monday by the Golf Coaches’ Association of American (GCAA).
 
Doggett gained all-region honors for the third consecutive season after posting a 71.36 stroke average and carrying a national GolfStat ranking of 26th.
 
The junior from Hutto joins Derek Oland as the second golfer in program history to claim all-region honors three times and became just the third MSU golfer to win the Lone Star Conference individual title joining Oland (2014, 2015) and Santiago Gomez (2013).
 
Doggett posted par-or-better scores in 14 of his 25 competition rounds in 2020-21 which included six tallies in the 60s. He carded 80 birdies on the way to setting the program’s low single season par-3 scoring at 2.98.
 
He closed the campaign with an 87.8 finish percentage finishing in the Top 10 in seven of nine tournaments with runner-up finishes at the UT Tyler Fall Invitational and the Texas A&M-Commerce Lion Invitational.
 
Doggett fell just short of a NCAA Division II Championship berth after placing sixth in the D2 West/South Central Regional.
 
Leek enjoyed a sensation campaign leading the Mustangs with a 70.89 to rank ninth in the GolfStat national rankings to earn LSC Player of the Year honors.
 
The junior from Brock set a program record with 19 par-or-better scores including nine scores in the 60s in 28 competition rounds. He also set a program standard with a 93.6 finish percentage.
 
Leek posted five top-five finishes in seven of his 10 tournaments including wins at the RJGA South Central Preview and UT Tyler Fall Invitational.
 
He boasted a phenomenal stroke average of 69.0 while posting scores in the 60s in eight of his 11 rounds last fall.
 
Leek logged a team-high 98 birdies on his way to setting a program record low season par-4 scoring average at 3.99.

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WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Midwestern State coach Kelsey Bruce released her first cross country and track and field signing class Friday afternoon.

The class includes 15 prep standouts including eight track and field student-athletes and seven cross country prospects.

Here is a breakdown of the class:

Sabrie Alaniz | Abilene, Texas / Abilene HS

Alaniz is a two-time regional qualifier in cross country and twice competed in the Area track meet as a distance specialist at Abilene High School.

She finished as the District 2-6A runner-up in the 3,200-meter run as a senior this spring with a time of 12:52.42 and was fifth at the 1,600-meter distance with a time of 5:49.52.

Alaniz competed in the Region I-6A Cross Country Championships at the close of her sophomore and junior seasons.

She owns top times of 19:41.00 at 5,000 meters, 12:12.81 at 3,200 meters and 5:35.30 at 1,600 meters.

Grace Candeloro | Denton, Texas / Guyer HS

Candeloro closed her prep career with a state qualifying run in the high jump at Denton Guyer High School.

She finished eighth with a jump of 5 feet and 2 inches at UIL Texas Class 6A Championships after taking second in the Region I-6A meet with a personal best mark of 5 feet, 4 inches. The height would be a program record at MSU.

Candeloro opened her prep career claiming District 6-6A titles in the long and triple jumps and owns personal best marks of 16 feet, 6 inches in the long jump and 33 feet 10 inches in the triple jump.

She intends to major in kinesiology at Midwestern State.

Arianna Carballeira | Freer, Texas / Freer HS

Carballeira is a two-time state qualifier and district champion who led Freer High School to its first team district team cross country championship last fall.

She gained regional and state qualification in both of her junior and senior campaigns improving from a 59th-place finish in 2019 to take 11th in 2020.

Carballeira enjoyed success in the spring claiming individual titles in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs at both the District 32-2A and Region IV-2A championships as a senior.

She finished in the Top 10 of her class, served as a class officer and is a member of the National Honor Society.

Carballeira intends to major in radiology at Midwestern State.

Cederia Ellis | Fort Worth, Texas / North Crowley HS

Ellis played a key role in four regional qualifying relay teams during her stellar prep career at North Crowley High.

She was a member of a district and Area championship teams in both the 4×100- and 4×200-meter relay teams.

Ellis is coming off of a tremendous showing the 200-meter dash as a senior this spring placing third at the District 3-6A meet with a season-best time of 25.90. She advance to take fifth at the Area meet.

She also owns a PR of 13.38 in the 100-meter dash set in the 2020 Lancaster Meet of Champions.

Nathalia Escontrias | Odessa, Texas / Odessa HS

Escontrias claimed three district championships during a standout prep career at Odessa High School.

She is a two-time District 2-6A titlist in cross country claiming victories as a junior in 2019 and as a sophomore in 2018 while advancing to the Region I-6A meet three times as a Broncho.

Escontrias also claimed a league individual championship in the 800-meter dash as a sophomore by posting a PR time of 2:21.44, then battled to a runner-up showing as a senior this spring.

She intends to major in radiology at Midwestern State.

Macy Flowers | Vernon, Texas / Vernon HS

Flowers adds to a tremendous family legacy at Midwestern State.

She follows her mother, Mindy Myers, and cousins Drew and Jordan Coffman, but will make her own mark in a new sport. Myers is a member of the MSU Athletics Hall of Honor as a four-year letter winner in basketball from 1991-94 helping the then-Lady Indians to consecutive NAIA National Tournament appearances, while the Coffmans were members of the Mustangs’ LSC title squad in men’s basketball in 2006-07 and advanced to the South Central Region semifinals.

Flowers is a highly decorated athlete in her own right earning UIL Texas Class A All-State honors in track and cross country as a freshman and sophomore at  Benjamin High School before moving on to larger Vernon High School where she was a regional qualifier in both sports.

She was a state silver medalist in the 400-meter dash as a sophomore in 2019 with a time of 59.15 after winning the district cross country title as a freshman in 2018.

At Vernon High, she was a district runner-up in cross country as a junior, then qualified for the Region I-4A Championships in the 300-meter hurdles and high jump this spring.

Flowers was a member of the National Honor Society and A Honor Roll at Vernon High. She intends to major in Pre-Dental studies at Midwestern State.

Reece Johnson | Georgetown, Texas / Georgetown HS

Johnson gained regional qualification in three events to close a stellar senior campaign at Georgetown High School.

She rode pair of strong preliminary runs to finish seventh in the 100-meter and eighth in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2021 Region IV-5A Championships. The performances came on the heels of a Area winning, personal best time of 15.43 in the 100-meter hurdles and a fourth-place showing in the 300-meter hurdles posting a PR of 45.14.

Johnson also gained a fifth-place finish in the 4×100-meter relay at the Region IV-5A meet.

As a sophomore, she sprinted her way to a District 18-5A title with a season-best time of 46.04 before finishing as Area runner-up and taking fifth at the regional meet. She also helped the 4×400-meter relay squad claim district and area championships

Daiza Jones | Haltom City, Texas / Haltom HS

Jones comes off of a stellar spring at Haltom High. She claimed the District 3-6A championship in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.59 before taking third in the event at the Area meet. She then ran a personal best time of 1:00.27 in the I-6A Regional meet.

Jones also showed great overall improvement at other distances. She took fifth in the 2000-meter dash at the District 3-6A championship with a time of 26.90 after posting a personal best time of 13.02 in the 100-meter dash earlier in the season.

Jones gained honorable mention Academic All-State accolades from the Texas High School Coaches’ Association (THSCA) and is a member of the Science National Honor Society.

She intends to major in kinesiology at Midwestern State.

Addilyn Keys | Childress, Texas / Childress HS

Keys brings all-around athleticism to Midwestern State as a multi-sport standout at Childress High School.

She closed her prep career with a flourish claiming a District 2-3A in the long jump (17-4) and was the league’s runner-up in the 800-meter dash (2:29.24) earning regional qualification in both events.

Keys twice advanced to the regional meet during cross country season, while finishing sixth overall at the District 8-3A met as a junior in 2019.

She was also a two-time defensive player of the year in basketball.

Reese Lee | McKinney, Texas / North HS

Lee arrives from a competitive program at McKinney North High School under coach Jessica Richards.

She helped the Bulldogs to a regional cross country appearance as a sophomore in 2018 as the District 10-5A runners-up. McKinney North enjoyed a third-place district showing last fall during Lee’s senior campaign.

Lee boasts top times of 20:03 in the 5,000-meter run, 12:33 in the 3,200-meter run and 5:49 in the 1,600-meter run.

Tyshi Reynolds | Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS

Reynolds closed out her prep career on a high note turning in personal best individual performances in the District 10-6A Championships, while also helping Skyline High to regional qualification in the 4×200- and 4×400-meter relays.

She claimed matching fourth-place showings clocking a 59.60 in the 400 and 2:22.91 in the 800.

Reynolds was the district champion in the 800-meter run as a sophomore after claiming district and area championships as part of the 4×400-meter relay squads as a freshman in 2018.

She intends to major in early childhood education at Midwestern State.

Kennedy Smith | Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill HS

Smith enjoyed a stellar spring season as a two-time regional qualifier at Cedar Hill High.

She helped the Longhorns to a fourth-place finish in the 4×200-meter relay in the Region I-6A meet before finishing 11th in the 4×400-meter relay.

Smith was also a member of Cedar Hill’s regional qualifier in the 4×100-meter relay as a sophomore. The Longhorns placed seventh in the meet.

An experience prep runner, Smith competed on the club level for the Cedar Hill Blaze (2011-17) and the Desoto Nitro (2017-19).

She intends to major in Kinesiology at Midwestern State.

Corinne Thorpe | Grand Prairie, Texas / South Grand Prairie HS

Thorpe capped off a stellar senior campaign with an Area championship in the 100-meter dash.

The four-year varsity letter winner from South Grand Prairie High also clocked a personal-best time of 12.20 to finish as the District 8-6A runner up in 2021 before clocking a 12.43 at Area. She finished seventh in the Region I-6A meet.

Thorpe also helped the Warriors to a runner-up finish at the Area meet in the 4×200-meter relay and a third-place showing in the 4×100.

She intends to major in English at Midwestern State.

Presley Wall | Decatur, Texas / Decatur HS

Wall brings a bevy of big meet experience coming out of a powerhouse program at Decatur High School.

She earned Texas Girls’ Coaches Association (TGCA) All-State honors as a senior helping the Eagles to a seventh-place team finish at the UIL Texas Class 4A Championship pacing 54th overall covering the 3,200-meter course in 13:37.00.

Wall also turned in strong postseason showings finishing seventh in the Region I-4A meet after racing to a ninth-place showing at the District 7-4A Championship.

She was also a member of Decatur’s run to a seventh-place team showing at the 2019 state meet placing 111th overall as an individual.

Wall is also accomplished on the track as a three-time regional qualifier in the 1,600-meter run, then also advanced to the regional meet in the 3,200-meter run as a senior.

She intends to major in psychology at Midwestern State.

D’Nyah Winn | Forney, Texas / Crandall HS

Winn arrives at Midwestern State following a solid senior campaign at Crandall High School.

As a senior, she was a member of two Area qualifying relay squads finishing third in the 4×100-meter relay and fifth in the 4×200-meter relay.

Winn posted the third-best preliminary time in the District 13-5A Championships with a personal best 26.50 in the 200-meter dash before finishing seventh in the finals. She also placed fifth with a personal best leap of 33 feet, 10 inches in the triple jump.

As a sophomore, she helped the Pirates to a pair of regional qualifying performances in the 4×100- and 4×200-meter relays.

She intends to major in respiratory care at Midwestern State.

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