The Morning Stake | 2024.06.11

Lawrence Schovanec Medical Emergency

Texas Tech Chancellor Ted Mitchell released a statement regarding Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec:

Late Monday afternoon (June 10, 2024), Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec experienced a medical emergency and was transported to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment. He is currently in stable condition and in good spirits.

Our entire Texas Tech University System is keeping President Schovanec and his family in our thoughts and prayers.

On the Gridiron

The first commit of the day was cornerback Swayde Griffin from Lago Vista (6-1.5/185), a 3-star at Rivals and 24/7 Sports and without a rating on On3 that I could tell (Rivals | 24/7 Sports | On3). Griffin had offers from Arizona, Arizona State and Minnesota along with Texas Tech, while Texas Tech was his first Division I offer.

It’s amazing how height can have such a huge impact at receiver and at cornerback. It makes a difference. Griffin is a good athlete, so being tall isn’t his only thing. It’s been noted that he won the state title in the 4A 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.75 seconds. That’s fast

The second commitment of the day was from wide receiver Bryson Jones (6-3/180) from Lone Star in Frisco. Jones is a 4-star in 3 of the 4 services, 24/7 Sports being the lone outlier (Rivals | 24/7 Sports | On3 | ESPN). Jones had offers from all over the place: Arkansas, Baylor, Cal, Houston, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Michigan State, Penn State, SMU, TCU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Utah, and Wisconsin. That’s just the bigger program but there are others.

Jones is a super smooth athlete, that stride looks good and it’s fast. He high-points a couple of passes and he’s got defensive backs running scared. Kinds looks like a mature pass catcher as he’s just in stride with everything on the highlight reel.

On the Diamond

Texas Tech freshman infielder TJ Pompey was named a Freshman All-American by the NCBWA:

A native of Coppell, Pompey shined in his first seasons donning the Scarlett and Black, as the infielder hit .279 with 11 doubles, a pair of triples and the aforementioned 10 home runs. Pompey slugged .516 for the season and stole 12 bases.

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