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
11/13/2012 Maegan Leider Women's Cross Country
11/5/2012 Chastity Carrillo Women's Soccer
10/29/2012 Maegan Leider Women's Cross Country
10/21/2012 Kayla Burch Women's Golf
10/14/2012 Kila Hartom Women's Soccer
10/8/2012 Jordan James Women's Soccer
10/1/2012 Amanda Tarpley Women's Soccer
9/24/2012 Megan Wagenaar Women's Cross Country
9/17/2012 Maegan Leider Women's Cross Country
9/10/2012 Shelbi Chipman Volleyball
9/4/2012 Megan Wagenaar Women's Cross Country
5/22/2012 Scott Hays Baseball
5/15/2012 Sydney Getfield Women's Track & Field
5/8/2012 Matt McManemin Baseball
5/1/2012 Megan Wagenaar Women's Track & Field
4/23/2012 Russell Johns Baseball
4/16/2012 Jessica Parish Softball
4/9/2012 Melissa Cantu Softball
4/2/2012 Matt Ruhe Men's Track & Field
3/26/2012 Sydney Getfield Women's Track & Field
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