Hunter is a journalism senior out of Needville, Texas. Currently he works as sports desk editor for the Texan. In the past, he has been a beat writer for the football team and baseball team as a senior sports reporter.
My first ever sports media availability ended with me riding in the back of a police car.
Seriously. Someone unsuccessfully tried to aggressively swipe my baseball season press pass in front of the...
Texas football had its 15th and final spring practice on Saturday, this time in the form of spring game action at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Fans got to see a glimpse of what the Longhorns...
When graduate guard Sonya Morris checked into the game for Texas women’s basketball late in the first quarter, the Moody Center showered her in applause and a standing ovation.
Morris had been missing...
Texas failed to secure the sweep against Indiana and dropped the series finale, 4–2 on Sunday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The Longhorns were unable to recover from Indiana’s four runs scored in the sixth...
Texas’ prospects for the linebacker position in the 2023 season were looking thin.
Senior DeMarvion Overshown is heading to the NFL draft, senior Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey ran out of eligibility and...
After cutting the deficit to a single possession late in the Valero Alamo Bowl, No. 21 Texas saw its onside kick attempt recovered by No. 12 Washington, effectively sealing the victory for the Huskies.
The...
Texas certainly remembers the Alamo Bowl.
While bowl selections will not officially take place until Sunday, all signs indicate that Texas can expect to play in the Valero Alamo Bowl again this year.
The...
When No. 24 Texas honored its seniors during pregame festivities prior to the last game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, senior running back Roschon Johnson was the last to be celebrated.
In...
With only one week left in the regular season, football beat reporters Jordan Mitchell and Hunter Dworaczyk rank and relive their top ten favorite moments from the season.
10) Bijan Robinson’s...
Texas’ 55-14 victory over Kansas at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Saturday avenged what arguably was the lowest point of last season.
Ending with a two-point conversion, the Jayhawks...
Shortly before Texas-TCU kicked off this past Saturday, fifth-year senior defensive back D’Shawn Jamison was ruled out of the contest. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian later revealed Jamison’s absence...
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that his offense showed its youth and immaturity in Saturday’s 10-17 loss to No. 4 TCU.
A field goal in the third quarter was all that the Longhorns’...
Facing a fourth down with a 3-17 deficit, redshirt freshman quarterback Quinn Ewers forced a throw to a covered sophomore tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders into the end zone. The pass fell incomplete, effectively...
Ahead of No. 18 Texas’ matchup against No. 4 TCU, the Daily Texan spoke with Charles Baggarly, the sports editor of the school’s paper, TCU 360.
The Daily Texan: With a 9-0 record and...
The Longhorns will have their first chance at a victory over a top-five opponent at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium since 1999 on Saturday when No. 4 TCU arrives for a high-stakes Big 12 showdown.
Led by...
Despite being outscored 17-3 in the second half of its game against No. 13 Kansas State, Texas managed to squeeze out a 34-27 victory at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday.
Holding a slim...
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian believes Saturday’s game against No. 13 Kansas State is going to come down to a handful of plays.
Sarkisian isn’t sure when the high leverage moments will come in...
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian thinks the bye week was beneficial for his program.
After eight consecutive games, Sarkisian said on Monday that some of his fatigued players needed to rest. The bye...
Last year, Texas football saw zero of its players drafted for the first time since 2014 and the fourth time in program history.
While junior running back Bijan Robinson is practically a lock to get...
In Stillwater on Saturday, the Longhorns once again blew a double-digit second half lead, something that has become a staple of head coach Steve Sarkisian’s tenure thus far. In all three of Texas’...
Ahead of No. 20 Texas’ matchup against No. 11 Oklahoma State, the Daily Texan spoke with Daniel Allen, sports reporter at the school’s paper, The O’Colly.
The Daily Texan: After...
While Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian has never led the Longhorns in Stillwater, he knows No. 20 Texas will have to be composed to come out of the game against No. 11 Oklahoma State with a victory.
The...
In today's episode of Texan Overtime, Associate Sports Editor Jordan Mitchell and Senior Sports Reporter Hunter Dworaczyk discuss the Oct. 8 Texas football game against Oklahoma.
In today's episode of Texan Overtime, Associate Sports Editor Jordan Mitchell and Senior Sports Reporter Hunter Dworaczyk discuss the Oct. 1 Texas football game against West Virginia.
In today's episode of Texan Overtime, Associate Sports Editor Jordan Mitchell and Senior Sports Reporter Hunter Dworaczyk discuss the Sept. 24 Texas football game against Texas Tech.
For the first time this season, No. 22 Texas came up on the right side of a tight ballgame.
Down 21-17 with less than five minutes in the game, the Longhorns faced a fourth-and-goal at the 3-yard line....
Iowa State is the next stop for No. 22 Texas’ “revenge tour.”
Last season, the Longhorns dropped six consecutive games to finish the year at an uninspiring 5-7 record. Playing all six of the opponents...
Despite the magnitude of its 49-0 drubbing of Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl Stadium this Saturday, No. 22 Texas didn’t celebrate the outcome for very long.
During his weekly press conference Monday,...
With redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers’ return to the field, the Texas offense showed how dangerous it can be when all of its pieces are in place.
Saturday marked the starting quarterback’s first time...
Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables knows the Red River Rivalry well.
Venables made the trip from Norman to the Cotton Bowl 13 times from 1999 to 2011 as an assistant coach. Venables’ 14th appearance...
Redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers may see the field this Saturday against Oklahoma for the first time since the starting quarterback went down with an injury against Alabama on Sept. 10.
When asked for...
Junior running back Bijan Robinson is not letting Saturday’s loss stick with him.
During Texas’ first play of overtime in Saturday’s 37-34 loss to Texas Tech, Robinson took a handoff but fumbled...
Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian believes the Longhorns made too many self-inflicted wounds to put themselves in a position to win the game Saturday against Texas Tech.
The way Sarkisian felt...
No. 22 Texas’ second-half collapse to Texas Tech felt oh-so-familiar.
Junior running back Bijan Robinson’s 40-yard rush gave the Longhorns a 31-17 lead late in the third quarter. Yet, like in many...
The Daily Texan sat down with Chris Williams, sports editor for The Daily Toreador, to talk about what fans can expect from Texas Tech ahead of Saturday’s conference opener.
Daily Texan: What have...
When No. 22 Texas arrives at Jones AT&T Stadium to play Texas Tech on Saturday, the Longhorns can expect to be greeted by a sea of red.
With Texas’ move to the SEC looming, Saturday could be...
Sometimes football can be as simple as getting your best players involved.
For No. 21 Texas, the best players on offense reside at the running back position. Head coach Steve Sarkisian turned to his...
Two games into the 2022 football season, No. 21 Texas’ defense looks improved. Longhorn fans can thank the interior defensive line.
Led by a trio of senior starters in T’Vondre Sweat, Moro Ojomo...
Despite losing 20-19 to No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian was proud of the way the Longhorns competed against all odds.
“Nobody gave us a chance, but we believed in our locker...
Under Alabama head coach Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide has sustained dynasty-level success that defines the modern era.
Since he took the reins of the program in 2007, Alabama has posted a 184-25 record....
Since taking over in 2007, Alabama head coach Nick Saban has won six national championships, eight SEC championships and has accumulated an overall record of 179-25 with the Crimson Tide.
Saban typically...
Coming into the season opener, head coach Steve Sarkisian said his team would consist of eleven individuals playing as one unit. It did not take long for Texas to put its team cohesion on display in Saturday’s...
When Texas kicks off its 2022 season against Louisiana-Monroe, all eyes will be fixated on the new starting quarterback for the Longhorns: redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers.
With a perfect 1.000 rating...
Head coach Steve Sarkisian believes he has a tougher, more tight-knit football team this season.
However, Sarkisian said on Monday that team chemistry won’t be tested until the Longhorns take the...
For the first time since 2015, the Big 12 enters the season with a defending champion not named Oklahoma. With the majority of the conference breaking in new starting quarterbacks this season, five different...
As focus begins to shift toward the season opener in September, the Longhorns were dealt a pair of setbacks during fall camp.
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian officially ruled out wide receiver Isaiah...
Texas men’s basketball announced its non-conference schedule for the 2022-23 season last week. In the Moody Center’s debut season, the Longhorns will match up against a few notable programs both at...
After a season in which the Longhorns made a second consecutive College World Series appearance, Texas baseball saw several of its players selected in the 2022 MLB Draft. Eight Longhorns were selected...
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the June 27, 2022 flipbook.
Texas finally has itself a Golden Spikes Award winner.
Ivan Melendez, redshirt junior first baseman, won the Golden Spikes...
In a year filled with many ups and downs, Texas baseball managed to post a record of 47–22 with numerous standout performances from individual players. While Texas ended its run without a national championship...
The Longhorns’ time in Omaha did not last as long as they would have liked.
With a 7-3 loss to Notre Dame on Friday and a 10-2 loss to Texas A&M on Sunday, Texas’ season ended with an 0–2...
Friday night’s matchup between Texas and Notre Dame pitted the best remaining statistical offense against the pitching staff with the best earned run average in the College World Series.
Notre Dame’s...
When the Texas baseball team boarded the bus to begin its journey to Omaha, the players donned T-shirts that read “keep goin’” on them.
Redshirt sophomore shortstop Trey Faltine said the phrase...
Down one run with a runner on third in the top of the eighth inning, redshirt sophomore outfielder Douglas Hodo III roped a ball down the third baseline, and it looked like the game was going to be tied....
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the June 7, 2022 flipbook.
For Texas ace Pete Hansen, his cool demeanor on the mound is scientific.
The third-year lefty has a high heart rate variability,...
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the April 29, 2022 flipbook.
Baseball has been simple for Texas head coach David Pierce.
Pierce, who picked up his 400th career victory as a head coach...
Add another accolade to Texas slugger Ivan Melendez’s award-winning season. The redshirt junior first baseman is the first college player to hit 30 home runs in a single season since San Diego’s Kris...
Few college baseball players have appeared in as many games as redshirt senior infielder Skyler Messinger.
The Longhorns’ matchup against Air Force at UFCU Disch-Falk Field marked Messinger’s 246th...
Holding a slim one-run lead in the eighth inning over top-seeded TCU in the Big 12 Tournament, No. 5-seeded Texas baseball desperately needed to add an insurance run or two if it wanted to walk out of...
With a 9 a.m. first pitch, it looked like the Texas bats were still asleep early in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday in Arlington.
Stuck in a scoreless affair, No. 5-seeded Texas...
It did not take long for the Texas bats to get going against Texas Southern.
On just the second pitch of Tuesday’s ballgame, redshirt sophomore Douglas Hodo III hit a double to start the Longhorn’s...
A pivotal part of the baseball experience, walk-up songs should embody the player and strike fear into the opposing pitcher, while simultaneously being “hype.” A good walk-up song should kindle applause...
After Friday’s 8-6 back-and-forth matchup between No. 8 Oklahoma State and No. 10 Texas, 7,134 spectators showed up to UFCU Disch-Falk Field for the rematch. But only one team fit the bill of a top-ten...
After the No. 10 Longhorns dropped a bit of a stunner to Air Force on Tuesday, losing 14-2, redshirt sophomore Trey Faltine wasn’t about to let Texas drop the second game of the midweek series.
In...
No. 7 Texas baseball’s road struggles continued against Kansas State at Tointon Family Stadium this weekend.
After winning their last two series against Oklahoma and TCU, the Longhorns were expected...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 29, 2022 flipbook.
Skyler Messinger knows that hitting slumps do not last forever.
Messinger, a redshirt senior and transfer from Kansas,...
Down 6-4 in the bottom of the ninth against Texas State Wednesday night, No. 1 Texas baseball found itself with runners on first and second with redshirt junior Ivan Melendez up to bat.
With assistant...
Rainfall forced No. 1 Texas baseball to wait an hour to start its game Saturday afternoon, but quick defensive work pulled the Longhorns to a fast victory.
On a cold day at UFCU Disch-Falk Field,...
For the first time this young season, top-ranked Texas baseball faced late-game pressure.
Holding a one-run lead against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the bottom of the ninth, head coach David Pierce...
Around 200 days after a 4-3 season-ending loss to Mississippi State, No. 1 Texas baseball was back in action against Rice on Friday night. The Longhorns rolled to a dominant 7-0 victory to take the first...
No. 1 Texas women’s tennis faced No. 25 Baylor indoors Wednesday at the Edgar O. and Melanie A. Weller Tennis Center, a contest that served as a rematch of last year’s Big 12 Championship and the Longhorns’...
Fresh off of a No. 1 ranking for the men and a No. 2 ranking for the women, the Texas track and field squad impressed in the Texas Tech Open & Multis meet this past weekend in Lubbock.
Coming into...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the October 15 flipbook.
Peter Gardere typically never stayed on the field very long after one of his 41 career starts at Texas. The 1992 Red River Showdown...
Senior Tommy Wehmann is a rarity in Austin.
Moving to Texas in 2018 came as a shock to Wehmann who was used to a different hockey environment in his hometown in Minnesota.
“A good indicator...
The Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium was twice as special Friday.
Ten former Texas student-athletes were inducted into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor this past week. Fourteen selections from the previous...
