The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
10.01.2019 | Forty Acres Insider
Important news, interesting tidbits and exciting stories happening in and around Texas Athletics compiled by Vice President and Athletics Director Chris Del Conte. [<a href="http://texassports.com/archives.aspx?path=forty_acres_insider">Forty Acres Insider archives</a>]
Greetings Longhorn Nation,
Had a great time joining a thought provoking discussion on the 'State of College Sports' with Ross Bjork (Texas A&M athletics director), Renu Khator (University of Houston president/UH System chancellor) and John Steinmetz (Texas Tech University System regent) last week at the Texas Tribune Festival. What a brilliant group of colleagues they are, and I took full advantage of the opportunity to pick their brains. College athletics is ever-changing, every day, and it's really important that we continue to engage in open and honest dialogue on the many challenges we all face. The University of Texas will always need to be in the forefront of these discussions and an industry leader so I certainly appreciated the invite and enjoyed participating.
Coming off of a bye, Texas Football enters the week ranked No. 11 in the AP poll and No. 12 by the coaches. Coach Herman will take the Horns on the road with a 3-1 (1-0, Big 12) record as we travel to West Virginia for 2:30 p.m. Central kickoff on Saturday. If you can't join us in Morgantown, tune in and cheer on the team on ABC with Longhorn Network's GameDay show kicking your party off at 12:30 p.m. We know all of you have been watching as two of our four games this season have been ABC/ESPN's highest-ranked games of the week. The eyes of the nation were on the Longhorns with the LSU and Oklahoma State games drawing a combined total of nearly 13 million viewers!
How about Coach Kelly and our road warrior Soccer squad that opened Big 12 play with back-to-back Big 12 road shutout victories last week. The ladies kicked off league play with wins at No. 17 Kansas (1-0) on Friday and continued to hold Big 12 foes scoreless with a 1-0 win at K-State on Sunday. It's back to the friendly confines of Mike A. Myers Stadium as we put our 2-0 conference record on the line with a pair of conference home matches this week. We'll be hosting TCU on Thursday (7 p.m.) and West Virginia on Sunday (1 p.m.). Come on out and join us in cheering our Horns to victory!
Volleyball is off to a 2-0 start in Big 12 play as well with a pair of wins last week at Gregory Gym. Coach Elliott and our Longhorns knocked off Iowa State (3-1) on Wednesday and followed up with a sweep of Texas Tech in front of another sellout at Gregory Gym on Saturday. Now it's on to a road contest this week at TCU (Wednesday, 8 p.m. Central, ESPNU) for the 8-2 (2-0, Big 12) and sixth-ranked Horns.
Congratulations are in order to Coach Murphy and our No. 2-ranked Women's Golf team, too. They won their first tournament of 2019-20 last weekend, taking the Schooner Fall Classic by nine strokes and on our rivals home course in Norman to boot!
In closing this week, we thought it was really important to let everyone know that President Fenves recently introduced Honor Texas, a University-wide commitment to ethical conduct. Texas Athletics is fully supportive of this initiative to ensure our staff and everyone associated with Texas Athletics maintains high ethical standards. Please join us in this commitment by learning more about the NCAA rules that apply to all Longhorn fans and supporters. If you have questions, don't hesitate to reach out to our compliance staff. We look forward to continuing to provide information on how you can help support this initiative.
Let's have another great week, Longhorn Nation. We're so grateful for your passion, pride and support!
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Jeffrey McCulloch: A day in the life of a student-athlete
A behind-the-scenes look at a routine day for the Texas LB. Watch the video.
Curry named Big 12 Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
The redshirt junior goalkeeper posted consecutive shutouts at No. 17 Kansas and K-State. Read more.
Fields named Big 12 Volleyball Rookie of the Week
Skylar Fields earned her second Big 12 Rookie of the Week honor of the season. Read more.
Shackelford named Senior CLASS Award candidate
Another recognition! Shackleford was named a candidate for the 2019 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate football. Read more.
Mic'd up with Andrea Hudy
Jump and set! Men's Basketball strength and conditioning head coach Andrea Hudy works out with the Horns. Watch the video.
