The 2014 NJCAA champion Trinity Valley Community College Lady Cardinals and their fans raised $7,600 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund at their annual Play 4Kay game in February. As a result, TVCC was named the Community College Division winner by the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in partnership with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and The V Foundation for Cancer Research. TVCC organizers of the event were (from left) Judith McGilvray, Elena Lovato and Lucy Strom-Miller.
The Kay Yow Cancer Fund®, in partnership with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and The V Foundation for Cancer Research, today announced the divisional winners of the 2014 Play 4Kay® initiative.
Trinity Valley Community College was named the winner of the Community College Division. TVCC raised $7,600.
“It is a true testament to the hard work, commitment and selflessness of the staff, fans and community of Trinity Valley and Athens to be able to achieve such an accomplishment,” said TVCC athletic director and head football coach Brad Smiley. “Everyone involved in this year’s Play 4Kay efforts should be very proud.”
The Play 4Kay initiative serves as a platform for a nation of coaches, student-athletes and fans to raise awareness and funds for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, an organization committed to funding women’s cancer research and supporting projects that assist the underserved community.
The institutions that raised the most funds in each division will be recognized at the 2014 Wow 4Yow Party on Friday, April 4, held in conjunction with the 2014 Women’s Final Four and the WBCA National Convention in Nashville, Tenn.
Students from Eustace High School were among the competitors in last year’s inaugural Egg Catapult Competition, which is held in conjunction with the campuses Earth Day Festival. This year’s event is set for Tuesday, April 22. (COURTESY PHOTO)
By Jayson Larson/TVCC Public Information Officer
The Trinity Valley Community College Science Club is doing that spring fling thing again – literally.
The Science Club is hosting its second-annual Earth Day Festival and Egg Catapult Competition on Tuesday, April 22, from 1-5 p.m. in front of the Gibbs Academic Building. The festival aims to raise awareness about Earth Day and topics such as energy conservation, “green” living and recycling. Various non-profit groups from the area – including the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, the Henderson County Humane Society and Hope Springs Water – will have booths at the festival.
The Egg Catapult Competition provides a fun afternoon for students and serious scholarship money for the top finishers. Each member of the winning team (which can consist of up to four members) will receive a $1,000 Science and Math scholarship.
Biology instructor Jan Jennings said participants don’t have to be math or science majors, and the competition is open to any TVCC student including those in high school or dual-credit programs.
Participants will be required to use a trebuchet to launch their eggs. Unlike a catapult, a trebuchet uses gravity (via a counterbalance) and rotates 180 degrees to fling its object – turning the potential energy of its projectile into kinetic energy. A catapult arm, on the other hand, travels only 90 degrees and uses tension and a lever to fire.
After showing off their egg-flinging skills, the top five contenders will then be selected to make a PowerPoint presentation before a panel of judges explaining how they built their project. Finally, the students will have to submit a cost analysis for their project.
The judges will then award points based on each of the three presentations.
“This started last year as an activity for the science club, but we wanted it to be open to any student involved with TVCC,” Jennings said. “You launch a raw egg at a frying pan, and you’ll be judged on things such as accuracy and design. We’re going to be breaking eggs all over the place, and it’s going to be fun.”
For more information, contact Jennings at [email protected] or call her at 903-675-6382 or Dr. Michael Felty at [email protected] or call him at 903-670-2669.
The Lady Cardinal softball team is headed down the homestretch of the 2014 season. Coach Ashley Johnston’s squad is 23-9 on the season and 7-3 in conference play.
The Lady Cardinals, who last year qualified for the national tournament for the first time in school history, are coming off a weekend doubleheader sweep against Bossier Parish at Cain Park. They won 3-0 and 6-3.
The Lady Cardinals have just two home dates remaining on their schedule – Wednesday, April 9, against Northeast Texas and Sunday, April 13, against Kilgore. Action starts both dates at 1 p.m.
Here are the remaining regular season games for the Lady Cardinals:
Wednesday, April 2 – at Kilgore, 1 and 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 5 – at Navarro, 1 and 3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 9 – Northeast Texas, 1 and 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 12 – at Paris, 1 and 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 13 – Kilgore, 1 and 3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16 – at Ranger, 1 and 3 p.m. (non-conference)
The regional tournament is scheduled May 1-4 at Angelina College in Lufkin.
Just as it did in the fall, Trinity Valley Community College inducted 31 new members into the Iota Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa during a ceremony Sunday, March 23, at the Student Union Ballroom.
Membership in the Iota Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, a national honors society for two-year colleges, requires a student to achieve a 3.5 GPA, have completed any required developmental courses and have accumulated at least 12 semester hours of college credit. Membership in Phi Theta Kappa entitles TVCC students to have this honor noted on their official transcripts and to wear the PTK golden stole, tassel and/or medallion at graduation.
Inductees are: Savanna Abendroth of LaRue; Jennifer Acero of Houston; Alison Alibrando of Arp; Anita Lizette Arnold of Athens; Amber Barker of Centerville; Matthew Jacob Barnes of Poynor; Dena Beard of Frankston; Alexis Bongiorno of Point; Briana Booth of Star Harbor; Patti Renae Brigham of Poynor; Megan Anne DaSilva of Rowlett; Carissa Kylene Dickerson of Mabank; Stacie Lynn Ethridge of Wills Point; Karissa SuAnn Gant of Blum; William Hatfield of Wills Point; Abbey Hudson of Canton; Prosper Kaseke of Athens; Amber Lindsey of Athens; Tyler Maldonado of Gun Barrel City; Michael Pait of Combine; Nelly Pedroza of Athens; Rex Printz of Kingsland; Juan Antonio Rojas of Brownsboro; Karina Rojas Gomez of Murchison; Bryan Ruiz of Athens; Shelley Karnes Sparks of Mabank; Amber Lynn Spence of Athens; Tara Sulc of Combine, Tenn.; Taylor Brianne Valles of Copperas Cove; Cynthia L. Woodall of Mabank; and Kathryn Wright of Tyler.
Trinity Valley Community College recently had four students named to the All-Texas Academic Team during a ceremony in Austin. The students were Viktoria Tableva, Jackie Latko and Jessica Schaefer. Allyson Braggs (not pictured) was also named to the team. The Texas scholars were welcomed by the executive vice chancellor of the University of Texas at Austin and addressed and awarded by The Honorable Donna Howard, Texas House of Representatives. A reception followed the awards at the LBJ Library in Austin. (COURTESY PHOTO)
