🤙 The Official Newsletter For UTSA Athletics

Good morning. As we enter the New Year and allow the dust to settle from the holidays, let’s not bury the lede—’Runners fans are rad.

You were asked to give back to the community, and this is how you responded—with 428 donations to Toys for Tots and the Teddy Bear Toss at UTSA men’s and women’s basketball games in December. That’s the kind of energy we need in 2024.

Birds Up, indeed. 🤙🏼

What else can you find in today’s Brew?

⚾️ Exciting news on UTSA Baseball and Matt King named all-conference
🏀 Men’s hoops loses by a heartbreaking two points to UAB in slugfest
​🤙🏼 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Arrgh, Matey. On Tuesday, the UTSA women's basketball team fell to the East Carolina Pirates, 82-54, in American Athletic Conference action inside the Minges Coliseum. 

The Roadrunners will look to bounce back on Saturday, with a 2:00 PM CST tipoff set against Wichita State inside the Convocation Center. The contest will represent the squad's annual Military Appreciation game, as well as UTSA's first home matchup in The American. 

🔼 Trading Shots. The American Athletic Conference opener for both teams proved to be an all-out slugfest on Thursday night at the Convocation Center between the UTSA men’s basketball team (6-8, 0-1 AAC) and the UAB Blazers (9-5, 1-0 AAC). A fadeaway 18-footer with 2.5 seconds remaining secured the 78-76 UAB win.

For the Roadrunners, Jordan Ivy-Curry tacked on another 10 points in the second half for a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds, along with four assists. Christian Tucker and Dre Fuller Jr. both added 15 points to the pot.

Fully in the AAC schedule from here on out, UTSA will hit the road next, traveling to Houston for a Jan. 6 matchup with Rice. Then UTSA moves on to face the top-ranked AAC team, No. 15 Memphis, on the road on Jan. 10.

🔼 News Fit for a King. Coming off a successful final season in the Conference USA, the UTSA baseball team was picked to finish third in the American Athletic Conference for the upcoming 2024 season, while junior Matt King was named to the preseason all-conference team.

Matt King recorded great numbers as a sophomore in the 2023 season. Amongst returning players, he led the team in OPS (.918), hits (69), RBI (58) and total bases (110). Playing in all 57 games last season, King also collected 45 runs, 11 doubles, six triples, six home runs, and a .411 on-base percentage.

The Roadrunners are set to open the 2024 campaign at home, hosting UT Arlington in a four-game series on Feb. 16-18.

🔼 Repping the ‘Runners. Former UTSA women’s tennis player Keegan McCain has been selected to attend the 2024 NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar, to be held Feb. 6-8 in Indianapolis. 

As the current graduate assistant for UTSA Student-Athlete Academic Services and a recipient of the NCAA’s Women’s Enhancement Graduate Scholarship, which awards $10,000 each to 13 female college graduates seeking a degree program that will help them obtain a career in intercollegiate athletics, McCain is an ideal choice.
 
The NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar is a three-day professional development event that provides leadership, educational, and transitional programming for current graduate assistants and interns from NCAA member schools and conference offices to equip them with the skills necessary to accelerate their career progression in college sports. 
 
McCain, who played tennis for the Roadrunners from 2019-23, graduated magna cum laude through the UTSA Honors College with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Marketing and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Business Administration from UTSA’s Carlos Alvarez College of Business.

🤔 UTSA TRIVIA

The Foreseeable Future? With the UTSA baseball team being picked to finish third in the American Athletic Conference for the upcoming 2024 season, it’s always interesting to see where these predictions land. Our latest round of trivia turns to that but takes a look at football.

Today’s question—where was UTSA football predicted to end up in the 2023 American Athletic Conference Preseason Media Poll?

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

🤙 ONE BIG THING

Runners Up. Still basking in the glow of the Roadrunners’ first-ever Bowl win? Get psyched for 2024 by purchasing or renewing your season tickets now, as they start at just $90.

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Wednesday 1/3

(No Activities Scheduled)

Thursday 1/4

(No Activities Scheduled)

Friday 1/5

(No Activities Scheduled)

Saturday 1/6

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

🏀 Men’s Basketball @ Rice @ 2:00 PM CST on ESPN+ | Watch | Live Stats | Listen

Sunday 1/7

(No Activities Scheduled)

*See below for the full calendar, including upcoming WBB and MBB games on Wednesday, Jan. 10. 👇🏼

View the full UTSA Athletics calendar here

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: UTSA football was picked to finish second in the American Athletic Conference Preseason Media Poll.

The Roadrunners received 440 total points and nine first-place votes ahead of their debut campaign in The American, good for second behind defending champion Tulane, which garnered 457 points and 20 first-place votes.

The prediction was definitely not far off, as the UTSA Roadrunners football team ended the season in third place in the AAC, just behind SMU (1) and Tulane (2)—beating out 11 other teams.

🤙🏼 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!