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Thursday, April 11, 2013  The scholarships keep rolling in for the Brownsville Hanna girls cross country team, as Saira Gonzalez becomes the 4th Eagle to go Division One in the past year, signing with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Brownsville Rivera's Keila Rodriguez excels at everything she does, whether it's volleyball, basketball, track & field, cross country, or her studies (she's currently senior valedictorian). But it's her running that garnered her a Division I scholarship from Texas State University in San Marcos.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Three days after winning the high jump at his home meet, the La Joya Invitational, Coyotes senior Mark Lopez signs to jump for the Rams of Texas Wesleyan University, an NAIA program in Fort Worth.

Friday, February 08, 2013  La Joya Palmview's Felipe Valencia went to state last year in the shot put, but at the opening track and field meet of the season, the Bobby Morrow Relays at San Benito, the Lobos thrower took the discus as well.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  Edinburg Bobcats track and field star Amy Avila signs a Divsion I scholarship offer from Texas-Pan American, where she will compete in the high jump for the Broncs.

Monday, July 16, 2012  The school record holder in the high jump, McAllen high track star Robert Valdez decides to jump for the Eagles of Chadron State University in Nebraska.

Thursday, June 28, 2012  PSJA Southwest's Geraldo Flores took the National High School Outdoor Race Walk Championship in Greensboro NC.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  The reigning Texas 3A state champion in the 110m hurdles, Rio Hondo star Shawn O'Brien signs to run at Division I Houston Baptist. But what about football?

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Mission Veterans' 800m runner Kristina Cantu is the latest Rio Grande Valley track & field star to sign an athletic scholarship with the Roadrunners of UT-San Antonio.

Saturday, June 02, 2012  After winning the 4A regional gold medal in both the 110m hurdles as well as the long jump, Weslaco East's Jonas Gutierrez finishes his stellar senior year by signing a scholarship to run for UT-San Antonio.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012  After two years of taking gold medals in the pole vault all around the Rio Grande Valley, Harlingen South's Blake White now goes mining for precious metal at the NCAA Division I level, signing an athletic scholarship with UT-Arlington.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Edcouch-Elsa high school recently celebrated two athletic scholarship signings, as track & field star Zach Griffith joins A&M-Kingsville as a high jumper, while Yellowjackets offensive lineman Jorge Alvarez signs to play football at Lindenwood-Belleville.

Saturday, February 18, 2012  The Valley's all-time fastest hurdler is heading to the nation's top public university, and maybe, in time, the Olympics.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  Harlingen senior Randy Bermea signs to run track at the University of California at Berkeley. Bermea chose to run for the Golden Bears over Texas Tech and Ole Miss. His dream is to run for the United States at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012  Two from La Joya's Juarez-Lincoln High School have signed up to run for two different Texas colleges.