Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
Growing up as the son of a UMHB alum in Central Texas, Josh Goings spent more than a few Saturdays on the UMHB campus in his early years as a young athlete. He remembers being in the stands for memorable football games as The Cru continued its rise to national prominence on the gridiron. And inside the Mayborn Campus Center, he watched Ken DeWeese’s men’s basketball teams play with their trademark up-tempo style.
BELTON — At his core, Alejandro Sanchez III is an avid learner. One look at his workload in the classroom says that much.
BELTON — Going into Thursday night’s ASC opener against East Texas Baptist, who had received the third-most votes of any unranked team in Monday’s D3hoops.com Top 25 poll, The Cru knew they’d need a spark to stay in contention.
What is Westgate Christian University? That question has been asked on several occasions since UMHB’s 2024 football schedule came out. With The Cru set to face WCU on Saturday night in Belton, we spoke with two members of WCU’s administration to learn more about the upstart institution and its football program.
Despite growing up in the basketball-obsessed state of Kentucky, UMHB guard Lauren Baker says she wasn’t drawn to the sport early on.
BELTON-A year ago, Alexis Carmosino did not know where her final collegiate season would be spent. But she knew who she would be playing for.