Longhorn football recruits arrive on campus

Such a pretty campus... and home to the new players, now!

Over the long weekend, 22 young men arrived at the University of Texas as the 2012 new recruits. Now, there are 28 new freshmen ready to spend their summer getting ready for the 2012 football season. I can't even imagine going off to college this early to prepare for football, so good luck over the summer! I'm psyched for another season this fall, but I'm not sure I would have given up a summer for it :) Of course, the extra practice means the team next year should be extra amazing... right? I hope so!

Longhorns baseball may not advance to NCAA Tournament

Yesterday, the Longhorns faced a second defeat against Kansas, eliminating them from the Big 12 Tournament. This is the fastest elimination for the Longhorns in over a decade and may mark the first season the baseball team doesn't participate in the NCAA Tournament in 13 years. Throughout the season, injuries and violations have trimmed down the baseball team, so even if they did make the cut (which is unlikely) they might not have enough players to do as well as they have in the past. Let's just hope for the best in this case.

Longhorn baseball players given All-Big 12 honors

Parker French throwing a pitch. He pitched in 8 games this season.

Eight Longhorns received All-Big 12 honors this year, including the Big 12 Freshman of the Year

Freshman of the Year: Parker French (starting pitcher)
All-Big 12 First Team: Corey Knebel (relief pitcher), Erich Weiss (infielder)
All-Big 12 Second Team: Jacob Felts (catcher), Hoby Milner (relief pitcher), Mark Payton (outfielder)
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention: Jordan Etier (infielder), French, Jonathan Walsh (outfielder)

It's not really a surprise, what with the season the Longhorns had. It's also the second year in a row that a Longhorn has won Freshman of the Year (Weiss won it last year).

Longhorns softball team on the brink of a new record

 There's not nearly enough love for the female sports on the Longhorns Round-Up, even though they've been doing amazingly.

The women's softball team will be competing in the Super Regional for the first time in six years. This will be the third year in a row the University of Texas has hosted the tournament, but it hasn't played in quite some time. What increases the pressure on the team is that they are 29-4 for their home games - if they win this next game, they will be tied with the previous record for most home wins.

Good luck, Longhorns! And be sure to continue supporting Longhorns sports!