Athlete Awards

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Justin Gonzalez

  • Award
    Meet the Tornados
  • Week Of
    4/28/2013
  • Sport
    Men's Track & Field
  • Bio
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Freshman Justin Gonzalez of the men's track & field team is the 35th Taco Bell Athlete of the Week for the 2012-13 academic year. He is earning the award for the first time of his career.

Gonzalez helped the men's track & field team post its highest finish and point total in program history at the American Southwest Conference Championships over the weekend by scoring in all three jumping events. He was named the ASC Outstanding Freshman Co-Athlete of the Year as well as all-conference after winning the triple jump, placing second in the high jump and finishing third in the long jump. Gonzalez's winning leap of 45-feet, 3.50-inches in the triple jump was also a school record.

A biology major from Pharr, Texas, Gonzalez is the son of Marina Elizondo and Joel Gonzalez. He has one sister, Jenna.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/3/2013 Tyler Compton Women's Basketball
11/25/2013 Dwayne Patterson Men's Basketball
11/19/2013 Megan Wagenaar Women's Cross Country
11/12/2013 Emma Clifford Volleyball
11/5/2013 Megan Wagenaar Women's Cross Country
10/29/2013 Luke Long Men's Soccer
10/22/2013 Riley Zoch Men's Cross Country
10/15/2013 Katie Baker Volleyball
10/8/2013 Christian Fredrickson Men's Soccer
10/1/2013 Jeni Morales Women's Soccer
9/24/2013 Riley Zoch Men's Cross Country
9/17/2013 Chastity Carrillo Women's Soccer
9/10/2013 Megan Frontiera Women's Soccer
9/3/2013 Alex Price Women's Soccer
5/13/2013 Megan Wagenaar Women's Track & Field
5/9/2013 Brent Schaekel Baseball
4/28/2013 Justin Gonzalez Men's Track & Field
4/22/2013 Jack Cersosimo Men's Golf
4/15/2013 Jessica Parish Softball
4/8/2013 Andrea Mitchell Women's Track & Field
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