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‘My greatest achievement’: MLB standout, Texas star pitcher J.P. Howell will be inducted into the Hall of Honor

‘My greatest achievement’: MLB standout, Texas star pitcher J.P. Howell will be inducted into the Hall of Honor

Emily Schumacher, Sports Reporter December 17, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the October 15 flipbook. J.P. Howell thought he had an unpaid bill when he received a call from the University of Texas. Instead of an average automated...

Best friends, twins, rivals: Cross country runners Isabel, Monica Hebner take long way around to Texas

Best friends, twins, rivals: Cross country runners Isabel, Monica Hebner take long way around to Texas

Emily Schumacher, Sports Reporter December 15, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 19 flipbook.  For as long as they can remember, twins Monica and Isabel Hebner have shared everything: the same childhood bedroom,...

Texas women’s cross-country takes 4th in Big 12 Championships

Texas women’s cross-country takes 4th in Big 12 Championships

Emily Schumacher, Sports Reporter October 30, 2021

The windy weather halted the hopes of personal records for every runner at the Big 12 Cross-Country Championships. The Longhorns were unable to continue their streak of earning personal records, despite...

Four pitchers lead Longhorns to no-hitter, shutout as Texas softball ends fall season undefeated

Four pitchers lead Longhorns to no-hitter, shutout as Texas softball ends fall season undefeated

Emily Schumacher October 26, 2021

Texas softball finished its fall season undefeated. In the Longhorns’ final games of the Fall 2021 season, Saturday’s double-header resulted in a complete blowout with a 13-0 win in the first game...

Texas women’s cross country takes second place in Tallahassee

Texas women’s cross country takes second place in Tallahassee

Emily Schumacher, Sports Reporter October 18, 2021

The countdown to the Big 12 Cross Country Championships is on. With t-minus 14 days until the postseason, the Texas women’s cross country team competed in its final regular-season meet of the season...

Texas women’s cross country brings home perfect score, win for second time this season

Texas women’s cross country brings home perfect score, win for second time this season

Emily Schumacher, Sports Reporter September 25, 2021

The Texas women’s cross country team did not need opposing teams to remain competitive on Friday night at the Concordia Classic in Pflugerville.  The Longhorns’ main competitors were each other,...

Coach Capitani reflects on the resilience of Texas women’s swim and dive this season

Coach Capitani reflects on the resilience of Texas women’s swim and dive this season

Emily Schumacher April 12, 2021
Despite facing countless challenges due to COVID-19, head coach Carol Capitani led the Texas women’s swimming and diving team to a third-place finish in the NCAA Championship meet, which marked the best showing by a Texas team since 2001.
Capitani reflects on the resilience of Texas women’s swim and dive this season

Capitani reflects on the resilience of Texas women’s swim and dive this season

Emily Schumacher April 9, 2021

Carol Capitani has a specific word to describe her team over the past year: resilient. As the Texas women’s swimming and diving head coach, Capitani knows firsthand the 2020-2021 season was anything...

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Texas Women’s Swim, Dive takes third place at NCAA Championships

Emily Schumacher March 21, 2021

This weekend at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, every single point counted. The four-day event, hosted by the University of North Carolina at the Greensboro Aquatic Center,...

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Texas women’s dive earns qualifying spots for NCAA Championships

Emily Schumacher March 14, 2021

With only five female Longhorn divers competing in the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships, Texas junior Paola Pineda and sophomore Jordan Skilken captured the spotlight. The pair qualified for the NCAA...

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Texas women’s swimming, diving sweep Big 12 Championship title for ninth consecutive year

Emily Schumacher March 4, 2021

After living for six days with no water during Austin’s winter freeze, junior Paola Pineda took home two individual championship titles at the Big 12 Diving Championships.  “(The storm)...

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Texas women’s swimming crush Big 12 competition, shatter meet records in conference championship

Emily Schumacher February 28, 2021

The Texas women’s swim team dominated the swim portion of the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships this past week, shattering both Big 12 meet and school records. This past season has been...

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