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The UMHB women’s basketball team is not only anticipated to return most of its roster from this past season, but also brings in a number of talented commits in the 2023 recruiting class. That group of newcomers includes Lexi Clements, a sharpshooting guard out of Lake Travis High School in the Austin area, where she finished her senior season as a District 26-6A First-Team selection.
True To The Cru recently had a chance to talk with CJ Irving, a stellar QB out of Veterans Memorial High School who committed to UMHB on Jan. 21. Give it a listen!
True To The Cru’s Riley Zayas recently caught up with Aundre Minnifield to discuss his commitment to UMHB, thoughts on his high school career, and the toughest defense he faced while at All Saints Episcopal. Give it a listen!
True To The Cru’s Riley Zayas caught up with Cedar Park High School’s Quint Mullen, who committed to UMHB baseball on Dec. 9 in this edition of “Catching up with the Commits”.
BELTON- The first transfer the UMHB football program added to its 2023 recruiting class was Jordan Oldoerp, a Central Texas native from Southern Nazarene University, who committed to the Cru on Jan. 3. A quarterback with exceptional arm strength who spent time at both Georgetown and Hendrickson high school before continuing his career at the collegiate level this past fall.
BELTON-Marcus Taylor II is returning to his home state.
The defensive back from Widener University committed to UMHB on Jan. 5, and True To The Cru’s Riley Zayas caught up with Taylor to discuss what drew him to UMHB, his admiration for Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt, and much more.
The UMHB men’s soccer program has brought in not one, but two starters from the reigning 6A state champions, Lake Travis High School, as the 2022 season gets set to begin.
Ben Platt is a midfielder who made significant contributions to the Lake Travis program through all four years of his prep career, and has plenty of upside as he makes the transition to the collegiate level.
BELTON- As July turned into August, RJ Haberer arrived in Belton. The tight end is one of a number of offensive transfers joining the Cru for the 2022 season. But Haberer has a distinction. He is a graduate transfer, one of only a few such transfers in recent memory with Crusader football program.
BELTON- Coming off a stellar season a year ago in which they went 18-1 in ASC play, the UMHB women’s basketball program is carrying that momentum into the upcoming season. Depth is always a critical component in head coach Mark Morefield’s hard-nosed, balanced attack, and the Cru will have plenty of it, especially with the addition of the freshman class.
Catalina Cortez, of Lubbock-Cooper High School, is a key part of this group…
BELTON-When the UMHB volleyball program released its incoming recruiting class on April 25, head coach Mark Pryor included a short analysis on each of the eight newcomers. Of Crawford high school outside hitter Katie Warden, he said…