🤙 The Official Newsletter For UTSA Athletics

Good morning, Roadrunners Fam. UTSA Athletics and the Roadrunner Athletic Fund announced Monday the launch of the McCombs Society, the department’s official leadership-giving society that will directly impact the experience of the Roadrunners’ nearly 400 student-athletes.

The McCombs Society will represent the principles and vision of Red and Charline McCombs, who were among the first donors to significantly invest in the lives of UTSA student-athletes by donating $1,000,000 in 2011. The McCombs Society will embody its philosophy to ensure that people engage with UTSA far and wide through sports, increasing UTSA admissions and creating an economic impact for the greater San Antonio community. 

⇢ Learn more here. 🤙🏼

Watch the full video introducing The McCombs Society.

What other ingredients do we have for the Brew today? Check it out below!

🏀 Coach Claunch announced 12 new additions to inaugural hoops roster
🏆 Kirby Paulson is UTSA’s Associate Athletics Director for Fan Engagement
​🤙🏼 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP 

🔼 The Claunch Launch is Officially Underway. UTSA men’s basketball first-year head coach Austin Claunch has announced the 12 new additions to fill out the inaugural roster for the new era of Roadrunners basketball.

All transfers in the group, the newcomers provide a versatile mix of skill, size, and athleticism that allows the new-look Roadrunners to feature players in multiple roles through Claunch’s high-tempo approach to the game. Among the new additions are six true guards, four hybrid post players, and a pair of athletes who can play multiple positions in the frontcourt and backcourt. The signees hail from eight different states, with two international players in the mix.

⇢ Go here to get the full-court press. 🏀

🔼 Three Wise Women. Maria Bastarrica, Morgan Ellison, and Olivia Williams have been named All-American Scholars by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA).

This marks Ellison's second career WGCA All-American Scholar award, while Bastarrica and Williams each received their first honor.

Just last week, Ellison and Williams were named to the College Sports Communicators’ 2024 Academic All-District® Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team.

🔼 Stacking the Deck. UTSA Director Track & Field/Cross Country Aaron Fox announced on Monday that highly decorated Estonian multi-event athlete Harry Jääger will join the Roadrunners later this year as part of the 2024-25 UTSA roster.

Jääger earned the decathlon victory 2022 Baltic U18 Combined Events Championships in Pärnu, Estonia, delivering a combined score of 7,257 points built on wins in the 1,500m (4:27.83), 110m hurdles (15.03), high jump (2.02m/6-7.5), pole vault (4.42m/14-6) and long jump (6.53m/21-5.25). That season, he also registered a career-best decathlon score of 7,334 points in a sixth-place finish at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem.

In 2023, Jääger again represented Estonia at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, finishing third in the decathlon at the Baltic U20 Combined Events Team Championships.

💨 Go here for more on his many accomplishments. 👟

🔼 Places, Everybody! This summer, UTSA Athletics has been profiling its numerous areas to provide an inside look into how each unit serves Roadrunners’ student-athletes. In this edition, we sat down with Elliott Greisen, Director of Sports Production, who manages all of UTSA’s broadcasting efforts on ESPN+.   

Q: How does your department service UTSA student-athletes? 

Elliott Greisen: “This department manages all of the broadcasts, which puts our games on ESPN+ and increases the visibility of UTSA student-athletes and the university. The emphasis in doing this is to tell the stories of the student-athletes in an effort to help connect the fans with the stories of the teams, individually and as a group.” 

Go here for the full Q&A.

🔼 Fan Nonfiction. UTSA Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos has announced the hire of Kirby Paulson as Associate Athletics Director for Fan Engagement. Paulson brings a strong background in ticket sales and community relations within professional sports. 

Paulson joins UTSA from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated from its prestigious Mendoza College of Business with a master of science degree in management – the nation’s fourth-ranked management master’s degree. Before attending business school, he worked in professional sports in Boston for five years. He started as a Fan & Youth Engagement representative for the Boston Red Sox, and his career catapulted from there.

⇢ Go here to learn more about Paulson. 🧡

🤔 UTSA TRIVIA

🤙 ONE BIG THING

Into the Fold. UTSA Athletics has extended a warm welcome to Army in its first year as part of the American Athletic Conference. This is going to be one heck of a football season.

⇢ Got tickets? 🏈

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📅 COMING SOON

❤️ 🤍 💙There will be no Brew 1-0 on July 5, so please be safe and enjoy your Independence Day! We will have your Brew back and piping hot for you on Monday, July 8.🇺🇸

Sunday, 8/4
⚽️ Exhibition Soccer vs. Baylor - Time TBA

Thursday 8/15
⚽️ Soccer vs. Navy @ Time TBA

Saturday 8/31
🏈 First Football Game vs. Kennesaw State @ 2:30 PM CST ESPN+

⇢ Go here for all the summer camps being offered by UTSA Athletics 🌞

🤙🏼 Go here for the full UTSA Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: The attendance record for a UTSA football game at the Alamodome is 56,743.

It was the Roadrunners’ first-ever game in 2011!

🤙🏼 Happy Holiday Week, y’all!