🤙 The Official Newsletter For UTSA Athletics

Good morning. The UTSA men’s basketball team (8-12, 2-5 AAC) snapped a four-game losing skid, closing out the Tulane Green Wave (12-7, 3-4 AAC) after a series of close-call losses.

Jordan Ivy-Curry drilled the game-winner from the top of the arc with 2.3 seconds remaining to elevate the Roadrunners to an 89-88 win on Wednesday night at the Convocation Center.

The tests never stop in the AAC, as UTSA heads back on the road to face the South Florida Bulls—a Tampa team that sits in a tie for third with a 5-1 conference record. The two teams face off on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Yuengling Center.

UTSA opens next week at home for a second opportunity against Rice, following the Roadrunners’ Jan. 6 overtime win in Houston.

What else can you find in today’s Brew?

📓 UTSA now boasts an average team GPA of 3.24.
🏈 It’s time to renew or buy your season tickets for football
​🤙🏼 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 The Smartest Birds of All. Final grade reports are in for the Fall 2023 semester, and UTSA student-athletes registered another successful term in the classroom.

UTSA recorded an average team GPA of 3.14 for the fall semester and now boasts an average team GPA of 3.24.

Of 373 student-athletes enrolled, 60% currently maintain a 3.0-or-greater GPA, and 60.1% achieved at least a 3.0 GPA for the Fall 2023 semester, including 34 who logged a perfect 4.0 semester GPA.

Additionally, 38.3% of the student-athletes were named to the UTSA President’s List (4.0 GPA), Dean’s List (3.75-3.99 GPA), or Honor Roll (3.5-3.74 GPA) for the fall semester.

A total of 11 teams achieved a 3.0 or greater GPA for the semester, and 13 teams currently maintain a 3.0 or greater GPA.

"Our student-athletes have consistently shown a commitment to excellence, not only in their chosen sport, but in the classroom," said Lisa Campos, UTSA Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics.

🔼 No Promo FOMO. UTSA Athletics, in partnership with Playfly Sports, has announced its basketball in-game promotions for the 2024 American Athletic Conference portion of the schedule. The slate of promotions includes both nightly winners and grand prizes.

From dinner for two at Chuy’s and Pluckers wings to grand prizes like a free trip to the American Athletic Conference Basketball Championships in Fort Worth in a new BMW iX (holla!) and a free throw made at a home game resulting in a donation from North Park Subaru to Haven For Hope, the entire list of promotions is worth checking out.

🔼 Holding Court. The UTSA men’s tennis team (1-1) registered its first win of the 2024 campaign on Wednesday at the Orville I. Cox Tennis Center, sweeping UT Rio Grande Valley (2-4) ahead of preparations to face some of the top teams in the nation this weekend in Austin at the ITA Kickoff Weekend.

“Happy with the way we played today,” said Coach Sergey Avdeyev. We are playing and hitting the ball with purpose. With every match, I expect our players to increase their level and gain their confidence.”

The weekend will feature some big-time competition as UTSA travels to Austin and Texas Tennis Center for the ITA Kickoff weekend, facing third-ranked Texas first and then either Utah or Oklahoma State over the two-day stretch, Jan. 27-28.

🔼 An A1 Hire for D1 Softball. D1Softball.com announced its Top 10 Head Coaching Hires of 2023 on Monday, with UTSA softball's Vann Stuedeman listed as the third-best hire out of 35 Division I softball leadership changes. 

A Birmingham, Alabama native, Stuedeman graduated and played softball at Huntingdon College, where she was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 8, 2011, after an impressive playing career that saw two third-place finishes at the national tournament and All-America honors.

She came to San Antonio in June of 2023 after most recently serving as a pitching coach at Illinois. Before that, Stuedeman was the pitching coach at Alabama (2000-11) and the head coach at Mississippi State (2012-19), catapulting both teams to success.

Across her coaching career, Stuedeman has developed pitchers who've earned 12 All-America honors, 23 All-Region awards, 12 All-SEC accolades, three SEC Pitchers of the Year awards, an SEC Freshman of the Year accolade, and an SEC Tournament MVP winner. Her Division I pitching staffs have accumulated 313 shutouts, 31 no-hitters, and five perfect games.

Set to embark on her inaugural season at the program's helm, Stuedeman inherits an 8-41 squad and will look to turn things around as the 2024 campaign officially begins on Thursday, Feb. 8, with the ‘Runners competing at the Texas State Tournament. 

🔼 A Little Birdie Told Us. UTSA assistant women’s golf coach Taryn Torgerson will be inducted into Wichita State’s Shocker Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday, Jan. 28.

A three-time all-conference performer, Torgerson still holds school records for low score with a 64 and low 54-hole total with a 211, both registered at the 2018 AAC Championship. She finished her career ranked first in program history in tournament titles (6), career stroke average (75.55), single-season stroke average (73.26) and 54-hole stroke average (226.64).

Torgerson was also a two-time first-team MVC Scholar-Athlete selection and a two-time WGCA All-American Scholar.

🤔 UTSA TRIVIA

Driving the Point Home. Jordan Ivy-Curry may have had the game-winning shot in the game against the Tulane Green Wave this week, but it was the recent ‘Runners’ game against Florida Atlantic in which he had his career-high in shooting.

How many points did Ivy-Curry score in the game against No. 23 Florida Atlantic?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🔼 Don’t Fumble This Opportunity. We get it. You’re already missing college football. The best thing you can do to prepare for the 2024 season is to purchase or renew your UTSA Football season tickets. We can’t wait to see you at the Alamodome in the fall.

Link to renew: https://am.ticketmaster.com/utxsanant/invoice

Link to purchase new season tickets: https://am.ticketmaster.com/utxsanant/ism/MjRGQkZT

🤙 ONE BIG THING

AAC-Ya-There. All-session tickets to the 2024 American Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships are now on sale through UTSA. 

Purchase Tickets

Both events will take place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The women’s tournament is set for March 9-13, with the men’s slated for March 13-17. Tickets to the women’s tournament will be general-admission seating, while men’s tournament seat locations will be assigned in early March. All tickets will be digital only and will be transferred via email in March. 

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📅 COMING SOON

Friday 1/26

👟 Indoor Track & Field @ UH Robert Platt Invitational

Saturday 1/27

👟 Indoor Track & Field @ UH Robert Platt Invitational

🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Texas @ 12:00 PM CST

🎾 Women’s Tennis @ Texas State @ 1:00 PM CST

🏀 Women’s Basketball @ SMU @ 2:00 PM CST on ESPN+ | Tickets | Live Stats | Listen | Watch

🏀 Men’s Basketball @ South Florida @ 3:00 PM CST on ESPN+ | Watch | Live Stats | Listen

Sunday 1/28

🎾 Men’s Tennis ITA Kickoff Weekend vs. Utah or Oklahoma State @ 1:00 PM CST  

View the full UTSA Athletics calendar here

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 38 points!

When you consider that Jordan Ivy-Curry was coming off a career 38-point night against No. 23 Florida Atlantic, you could almost say that he had a quiet night drawing the defense’s attention with just nine points in the game against Tulane. He sure delivered with the game on the line, though!

Filling the void on Wednesday, Carlton Linguard Jr. scored 20 of his career-high 31 points in the second half, shooting 6-for-10 with 5-for-7 coming from the perimeter – collecting a double-double with 10 rebounds and three blocks.

🤙🏼 Have a great Friday, y’all!