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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:05:00 GMT

WOMEN'S BASKETBALLWomen's Basketball 101 clinic Tuesday: Texas A&M women's basketball head coach Gary Blair will hold a Women's Basketball 101 clinic for women on Tuesday from 6-8:15 p.m. at the Cox-McFerrin Center For Aggie Basketball. Blair, hi ...

Aggie roundup

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:05:00 GMT

BASKETBALLA&M women ranked 16th by coaches: For the fourth consecutive season, the Texas A&M women's basketball team was ranked in the preseason ESPN/USA TODAY Coaches Top 25 poll, released Wednesday. The Aggies are No. 16.A&M is coming o ...

Aggie Roundup

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT

BASKETBALLBlair to host luncheon next week: Texas A&M women's basketball head coach Gary Blair will host the team's first luncheon of the season on Thursday at Reed Arena. Luncheons will be held in the women's basketball practice gym in the Cox- ...

Aggie Roundup

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT

CROSS COUNTRYSeven Aggies named to Academic All-Big 12 team: Seven Texas A&M cross country runners were named to the 134-member Academic All-Big 12 team Wednesday.A&M's first-team selections are Will Barry, Mitch Bible, Weston Caceras, Joe Sa ...

Aggie roundup

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:05:00 GMT

BASKETBALLAggie women picked fourth in Big 12: Coming off back-to-back NCAA Sweet 16 and Big 12 tournament championship game appearances, the Texas A&M women's basketball team has been picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 by the league's coaches ...

Aggie Roundup

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:19:00 GMT

BASKETBALLWomen's team scheduled for 7 TV games: IRVING -- The Texas A&M women's basketball team's schedule includes seven TV games in 2009-10.The highlight will feature A&M against Baylor on an ESPN2 Big Monday telecast from Reed Arena. A&am ...

Aggie Roundup

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:06:00 GMT

BASKETBALLFormer Aggie loses father to cancer: Vernon Lee Starks, father of former Texas A&M women's basketball standout Takia Starks, died Thursday after a five-year battle with lymphoma cancer. He was 49.Starks coached all of his children throu ...

A&M women's basketball camp attracts top players

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Football is on everyone's mind already.Well, not everybody.Eighty-seven of the nation's best girls basketball players attended the Elite Camp for the Texas A&M women's basketball program last weekend. The action-packed two days ended with the to ...

Ag women get highly touted guard

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Arlington Lamar senior Kristen Grant returned from Texas A&M's Elite Basketball Camp and made a verbal pledge to Aggie women's coach Gary Blair on Monday."It really was just not [only] the school and the coaches, it just seemed like a perfect fit ...

Aggie women set basketball schedule for 2009-10

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:05:00 GMT

The Texas A&M women will open its women's basketball season Nov. 15 against Duke at Reed Arena, head coach Gary Blair announced Saturday while releasing the Aggies' 2009-10 schedule.Duke is one of 15 teams on A&M's schedule that reached the p ...

Big Bend girls overcome obstacles to reach Aggieland

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:05:00 GMT

Most girls go to Gary Blair's summer basketball camps with aspirations of earning a scholarship to Texas A&M, but for the girls from Big Bend High School the experience is one of life's rare treasures.This was the sixth straight year players from ...

Aggie Roundup

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:05:00 GMT

BASKETBALLWomen's coaches honored for community service: Texas A&M women's basketball head coach Gary Blair and associate head coach Vic Schaefer were recently honored for their service in the Bryan-College Station area.Blair received the "Citize ...

A&M women's basketball team picks up another recruit for 2011 class

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair is playing a lot of golf these days, but he's scoring better off the greens.Blair picked up his second pledge in the Class of 2011 from Colleyville Heritage's Alexia Standish, who made her pledge duri ...

Murano a supporter of Aggie sports

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Former Texas A&M president Elsa Murano did more than attend athletic functions, she got involved. She became so wrapped up in the school's basketball success that her husband, Peter, erected a goal in the driveway at their house.A&M women's b ...

CESSNA: Good times for a good cause at Traditions

Wed, 27 May 2009 06:05:00 GMT

"A-pree-she-ate ya."That's one of the favorite phrases of Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair. He's built a Top 20 program by squeezing every ounce of support from those he comes in contact with, from the assistants on his staff to the ...

Adams officially an Aggie

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:05:00 GMT

It took a day longer than expected, but Danielle Adams, named the national JUCO player of the year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, has signed with Texas A&M.The 6-foot-1 forward from Jefferson College (Mo.) faxed her paperwork to A ...

Aggie women add JUCO player, men pick up early pledge

Fri, 15 May 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Texas A&M women's coach Gary Blair has started a new Aggie tradition: bring in one of the nation's best junior college players annually.A&M won a heated recruiting battle against national runner-up Louisville for Jefferson College's (Mo.) Dan ...

Blair, Aggies land sophomore recruit

Wed, 06 May 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Rachel Mitchell knew for sometime she wanted to play for the Texas A&M women's basketball program. Now the rest of the country also knows the 6-foot-6 sophomore center from Humble Atascocita loves the Aggies after her commitment became known."It ...

Blair, Aggie women celebrate seniors

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:05:00 GMT

The Texas A&M women's basketball program said farewell to a record-setting senior class Tuesday night, but between rounds of applause and tears of joy, head coach Gary Blair challenged his returning players to keep the winning tradition alive."Wi ...

Aggie roundup

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:05:00 GMT

BASKETBALLWomen's basketball banquet tonight: The annual Texas A&M women's basketball banquet will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Zone Club at Kyle Field. Tickets are $25 and can be bought at the door. Dress is business casual. ...

Chicago Sky draft A&M's Gant in second round

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Danielle Gant became Texas A&M's highest selection in the history of WNBA draft, but four-year teammate Takia Starks was not among the 39 players chosen by the league to restock its 13 teams Thursday.The 5-foot-11 Gant, who played guard and forwa ...

Blair expects A&M's Gant, Starks to go in WNBA draft's second round

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Danielle Gant will be home in Oklahoma City, the guest of honor at a big party thrown by her mother, while Takia Starks will take a quieter approach with friends and family as the Texas A&M seniors watch Thursday's WNBA draft in anticipation of b ...

Bone picks S. Carolina over A&M

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Highly recruited Kelsey Bone of Sugar Land Dulles, who was considering signing with the Texas A&M women's basketball program, announced during halftime of Wednesday night's McDonald's All-American game in Coral Gables, Fla., that she will sign wi ...

Women's banquet April 14

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:05:00 GMT

The annual Texas A&M women's basketball banquet will be at 6 p.m. April 14 at The Zone Club at Kyle Field. The wrong date was listed in Wednesday's edition.Tickets are $25. Reservations can be made by calling 845-0565 or by e-mailing DeAnna Doles ...

Gant, Starks receive All-America honorable mention

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:05:00 GMT

Texas A&M senior Danielle Gant and Takia Starks received honorable mention on the Associated Press' women's basketball All-America team released Tuesday.Gant averaged 14.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game for A&M this season. Starks scored 15 ...