The Runners Rising Project team had the honor of talking to QB1, Frank Harris. This man needs no introduction so here’s the interview: Be sure to help fund deals like this by visiting: http://runnersrisingproject.org/contribute
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Simon Miller sat down with the Runners Rising Project team to discuss his dominant performance this last season. IF you enjoy this type of content and want to ask questions for future interviews with UTSA student-athletes please consider making a contribution to the project. 100% of profits will be distributed to UTSA student-athletes via various NIL deals. You can hear the interview below: We’d like to thank Simon for chatting with us!
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The Runners Rising Project team jumped on zoom call to chat with Antonio Valdez this past season. Antonio led UTSA to one of best seasons in program history. As part of the team this year, he batted .387, had 65 RBIs, and 13 homeruns. Playing third base for the Roadrunners, he posted a .955 fielding percentage. Antonio grew up in Corpus Christi Texas and attended baseball powerhouse Ray High School. Initially attended UIW where he was coached by both Coach Hallmark and Ryan Aguayo. Antonio then spent some time at San Jacinto Junior College before making his way to Baylor.
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UTSA Women’s soccer are the Conference USA champions for 2022. The talented ladies had a phenomenal run in the conference tournament that took place in Charlotte, North Carolina this last November. Defending the goal for UTSA was Mia Krusinski, a red-shirt sophomore goalkeeper from nearby Dallas, Texas. Mia saved 4 goal attempts in the championship game against FAU, earning her a spot on the All-tournament team. Prior to UTSA, Mia spent time at Florida Gulf Coast University before transferring back to her home state. Winning is very familiar to Krusinski. In high school she was a two-time state champion and
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By now every UTSA football fan knows the name Kevorian Barnes. Barnes had a breakout season for UTSA after starting the year as the fourth running back on the depth chart. Kevorian finished the season with 857 yards and six rushing touchdowns and was selected as this year’s Conference USA Freshman of the Year. The future looks bright for Barnes as he hopes to continue to improve as UTSA transitions to the AAC next season. Prior to UTSA, Barnes was a standout at San Augustine High School in East Texas. In his four years at the high school level, Kevorian
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Kyra White is Junior transfer from USC on the women’s basketball team. She’s a San Antonio native and played her high school basketball at Converse Judson. In high school she was a three-time all-state honoree and helped Judson win the 2019 6A state championship. While at Southern California Kyra played in 77 games and started 22 times. She scored 138 points, posted 131 rebounds, 49 steals, 127 assists, and 25 blocks. Kyra took some time out of her busy schedule to answer some questions for the Runners Rising Project. See the full Q&A below. If you enjoy this type of
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As you all know, everything we do is based on donations from the UTSA fanbase. Those donations go directly towards our ability to support deals with student athletes, which in turn is returned to the fanbase with some sort of content creation with these athletes. With the Roadrunners’ Football season a little under five weeks away, we’ve decided to mix it up a little bit, and are expanding the content we’re providing…so that said… Recently, we came across a mini-UTSA football helmet which we think would look awesome on a desk in an office, or placed somewhere prominently at someone’s
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One of the key characteristics of The Runners Rising Project is the staff is 100% comprised of volunteers. We do this to make sure that our monetary contributions go directly to supporting UTSA Student Athletes. As we ourselves are donating our time to The Project, we have to weigh that with things that are going on in other aspects of our lives. Today, we’ve reached one of those moments. Caleb Hopkins, who is doing some phenomenal work in his day job, is stepping down as our Director of Operations for Business and Community Outreach. He’s still involved with Runners Rising,
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Elyssa Coleman is a redshirt freshman from Houston, Texas. She transferred to UTSA after signing and attending UT Austin out of Atascocita high school. Coleman was ranked as the #12 forward in the 2020 high school class (ESPN). She had an impressive first year with UTSA. Her breakout game came in the CUSA tournament against UTEP with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Elyssa took some time out of her busy student athlete schedule to answer some questions for the Runners Rising Project. See the full Q&A below. If you enjoy this type of content and want to ask questions for
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The Runners Rising Project is happy to have Jonathan as our very first official Runners Rising Athlete! Jonathan is a San Antonio native and attended O’Connor High School in Helotes. He choose to stay home and attend UTSA while majoring in Kinesiology. He batted .295 in 2021 with 24 RBIs as a member of the UTSA baseball team and also played in the Texas Collegiate League as a member of the Victoria Generals. Excelling both on and off the field, Jonathan has been named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll in each of his four years at UTSA (2017-2021).
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