Daniel is competing for the quarterback position with the Kingsville A&M Javelinas. Daniel is a redshirt freshman working
hard to become a quarterback for the Javelinas this year. Good Luck Daniel!!!
Read more at the team's website: http://www.javelinaathletics.com/
Omar "Buzz" Gutierrez: 
ISLANDER HURLER EARNS WEEKLY SLC HONOR FOR PERFORMANCE
Courtesy: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sports Information
Release: 05/05/2008
Courtesy: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Senior right-hand pitcher Omar Gutierrez was named the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week the league announced on Monday following his stellar performance on Friday against UTSA. It is the first weekly honor of his career.
In the Islanders 12-3 win, Gutierrez moved to 4-1 in the league and 4-3 on the season with a 14-strikeout performance posting the first complete game of his career in the process. He allowed three runs on four hits and allowed just one runner past second base in the final six innings. Gutierrez, who also struck out one in a perfect inning of relief against Houston Baptist, limited opposing batters to a .118 average in 10 innings.
For the season, Gutierrez has limited opponents to a .205 average, while lowering that number to .200 in Southland games. Both numbers lead the league, while he is third with 76 strikeouts and a 3.42 ERA He has fanned 23 batters in his last 17 innings of work.
He is the second pitcher and third Islander overall to win a weekly award. Roy Ferdin was honored on March 3 after a complete game effort at Southeastern Louisiana . Trey Hernandez shared SLC Hitter of the Week honors on March 31.
Stephen F. Austin’s Kevin Crabtree was the SLC Hitter of the Week after belting three home runs and three doubles.
CONGRATULATIONS BUZZ!!!!
Omar Gutierrez # 23 RHP - RHP Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 Senior Bats: R Throws: R
22 yr old Senior pitcher at Texas A&M University Corpus-Christi
Played 1 season at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin and is currently in 2nd season with the TAMUCC Islanders. Was a starting pitcher in the 2007 season with the Islanders.
Lat year as an Islander: "With a new head coach in Scott Malone and new pitching coach Rusty Miller, things are looking up for this season and the future of Islander Baseball. We are looking at a pretty tough pre-season schedule that will hopefully ready our team for conference play in hoping to bring home a Southland Conference Championship."
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Out of their shadow
Former Sinton pitcher gets his chance to shine with A&M-CC
Omar Gutierrez was sitting in the stands at Disch-Falk Field watching his old high school friend pitch when it hit him.
He should be out there too. Not necessarily pitching for Texas like Sinton High classmate Adrian Alaniz, but back on the diamond.
Within a year, Gutierrez was playing college baseball. Within two years, after what turned out to be an audition in front of a hometown crowd, he was a starter for a Division I team.
His rise from kicking around between school and work to pitching for Huston-Tillotson and then Texas A&M-Corpus Christi surprised even Gutierrez.
"I was at home for a couple of years after high school and then I decided I wanted to keep playing because I missed the game," Gutierrez said. "Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be pitching for a DI program."
He owed some of the inspiration to one of the people who kept him from the mound in the first place -- Alaniz.
Gutierrez was a fine pitcher during his high school days. But, on the 2002 state championship Sinton team and the 2003 runners-up, he was stuck behind Alaniz and Jason Adams, South Texas' best one-two pitching punch at the time.
Gutierrez played first and pitched well when asked, usually during non-district play. Alaniz and Adams, both college-bound, kept him at first base for the most part. When the postseason came, they were the pitchers of choice.
By the time Gutierrez graduated high school in 2003, he was a bit burned out on baseball despite some attention from colleges. He enrolled in classes at Del Mar College. He worked at after-school programs at Sinton and Odem-Edroy ISDs.
And, Gutierrez said, he ate plenty of mom's home cooking. Too much, perhaps, with not much exercise. Gutierrez, who played high school ball at about 240 pounds, hit 300.
Watching Alaniz pitch in 2005 provided motivation. Gutierrez would try a comeback. Not at first base, either. He was going to college as a pitcher.
"I went and watched a few games with Adrian Alaniz, and saw how he worked hard," Gutierrez said. "I knew if I worked harder, I could play at the college level."
There was plenty to do. Trimming the weight was mandatory. Gutierrez shed some pounds, even getting down to 215 before this season.
He kept throwing a little after high school so, when he started really working his arm, it felt like time had stood still. It was as good as ever.
He was on his way back to the game.
"Kids develop at different stages," Sinton coach Gene Kasprzyk said. "And he always had a good arm. That's to his credit that he made a decision that he was going to do this and got to this point. That's Omar just deciding he wants to do something, and then going out and doing the work to accomplish it."
Gutierrez was happy to go to NAIA school Huston-Tillotson. He became one of the staff's go-to pitchers. As one of the rewards, Gutierrez got the ball when the Rams visited A&M-Corpus Christi in April 2006.
He threw three-hit ball for seven innings in a no-decision. His performance, on a team known more for its hitting, stunned then-Islanders coach Hector Salinas.
By the time next season began, Gutierrez was wearing an A&M-Corpus Christi uniform.
"I thought that showed I was good enough to play at this level," Gutierrez said. "I talked to my parents about (transferring). I had to get a few more classes under my belt. There was a lot of paperwork. But when I finally signed my name, it was a great experience."
He became a hard-luck big-game pitcher of sorts. In the 2007 Whataburger College Classic, he lost a 2-1 decision to Rice. This year at the classic, he checked No. 1 Arizona's offense in losing a tough decision.
Some of his teammates are stunned to find he wasn't the high school ace, or even the No. 2 guy. When Gutierrez tells them the reason, they understand.
"You see the fielder in him when he hops off the mound and fields his position," Islanders catcher Stephen Flora said. "Usually you don't have a guy throwing low 90s who didn't pitch in high school. That caught me off guard. But he gives it his all every time out."
That's exactly how Gutierrez got to this point in the first place.
"It's nice to know I could do this after a layoff," Gutierrez said. "It was tough at times. And playing behind Adams and Alaniz -- that was a pretty big shadow."
But when watching Alaniz pitch at Disch-Falk, Gutierrez began to emerge from their shadows. With his effort, he's beginning to cast one of his own.
Contact Lee Goddard at 886-3613 or goddardl@caller.com
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Ryan Ueckert:
Ryan is competing for a position on the football team in his Freshman year at Texas Luthern Univesity. You can find more about Ryan and the team on the team's website. Good luck Ryan!!!
Read more at the team's website: http://www.tlu.edu/athletics
James Villarreal:
James is starting his Junior year at Texas Luthern University. Here is the scouting report on James found on the team's website.
JAMES VILLARREAL 51
Jr.-1L, Defensive Line
6-2, 250 • Sinton, Texas (Sinton)
Scouting Report
Defensive tackle…Should be a starter in 2007…Really came on in the spring and improved…Impressed with his ability to pass rush and play the run…Coaches excited about his play…Around the ball a lot. Villarreal adds depth and a year of TLU experience to the Bulldogs’ defensive front. He is listed as a defensive end. 2006 – Earned varsity letter…Played in four games and recorded two tackles.
2005 – Villarreal did not see varsity action in his first year with the Bulldogs. He was a
member of the Bulldog junior varsity.
Good luck James!!!
Read more at the team's website: http://www.tlu.edu/athletics
Article on Adrian Alaniz in Washington Times, August 24, 2007
In the Washington Nationals organization, Adrian Alaniz continues to get the kind of results he did in college.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound right-hander was the Big 12 pitcher of the year as a redshirt junior this year at Texas, and he's 7-1 with a 1.94 ERA in 461/3 innings for short-season Class A Vermont. At 23, he's the elder statesman in the system's most prospect-laden rotation.
"He has average stuff across the board, but he has a real good idea of what to do," Nationals director of player development Bobby Williams said. His fastball is 88 to 90 miles per hour. I think his breaking stuff, though, has a chance to be a little bit above average."
Washington was more impressed with Alaniz's ability than anyone had been in 2006, when he was drafted with the final pick of the 36th round by the St. Louis Cardinals.
"I really thought about going pro [last year], that it would work out that way," said Alaniz, who went 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA in a team-high 14 College World Series innings for the 2005 national champions. "I had done a lot at Texas, but to be taken so late on the second day of the draft was tough."
So he went back to Austin to continue his workout schedule and tweak his mechanics with help from first-year Longhorns pitching coach Skip Johnson. After going 12-3 with a 2.59 ERA in 1041/3 innings, he went to the Nationals in the eighth round and signed for $75,000.
Alaniz chose to play baseball at Texas over football quarterbacking offers from Baylor, Nebraska and Colorado. He lettered for four years in both sports at Sinton (Texas) High School.
He pitched a scoreless inning as the starter for the National League All-Stars at the New York-Penn League All-Star Game earlier this month. Four other Lake Monsters made the roster, including fellow pitchers Glenn Gibson and Colton Willems, a pair of 19-year-olds.
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