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Former Lion Student-Athletes in College

Katrina Barrera (Class of 2019)
Katrina is in her freshman year at Mary-Hardin Baylor University where she runs cross country.
John David Guerrero (Class of 2019)
John David will be in his freshman season at Kenyon College (Ohio)
Steven Grimes (Class of 2019)
Steven is in his freshman season at Texas A&M International University. Steven will play baseball in the spring for the Dust Devils.
Matthew Gonzalez (Class of 2019)
Matthew is in his freshman year at the University of the Southwest (Hobbs, NM). Matthew will play basketball for the Mustangs.
Rick Platas (Class of 2019)
Rick is in his freshman year at Concordia University (Austin, TX). Rick runs cross country for the Tornados.
RJ Ramirez (Class of 2019)
RJ is in his freshman year at the University of Houston Downtown. RJ will play baseball for the Gators.
Daniel Salinas (Class of 2019)
Daniel is a freshman at Texas A&M Kingsville. Daniel plans to run Cross Country and Track for the Javelinas.
Steven Bijarro (Class of 2018)
Steven will be in his sophomore season at Texas Lutheran University. Steven competes in both football and track.
Saidi Castillo (Class of 2018)
Saidi will be in her sophomore season at Texas A&M Kingsville. As a freshman, Saidi earned the following honors:
  • 2019 NFCA All-South Central Region First-Team
  • 2019 D2CCA All-South Central Regional Second-Team
  • 2019 LSC Freshman of the Year
  • 2019 All-LSC First-Team
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team
In 2019, she pitched in 38 games, starting 30 times...Her 27 wins were second-most in the conference and ninth in the nation...Totaled 226 strikeouts, tops in the LSC and 12th-most in the nation...Finished in the LSC's top five in ERA, complete games, shutouts, innings pitched and opponent's batting average...A three-time LSC Pitcher of the Week selection, first for Feb. 1st - 5th, next for Feb 27th - March 5th, finally for March 20th - 26th...Twirled a one-hitter against Regis on Feb. 8th...Beat A&M-Commerce on March 1st, going the distance while striking out a season-best 15...Fired a five-inning perfect game versus Eastern New Mexico on March 22nd...Two-hit A&M International in the win on April 9th...Beat Commerce in the LSC Tournament Final on May 4th, striking out 10 in a complete-game showing...Struck out 11 on May 24th against Young Harris in the College World Series.

Saidi currently plans to major in Biology.
Jackie De Los Santos (Class of 2018)
Jackie will be in her sophomore season at Texas A&M Kingsville.

As a freshman in 2019, Jackie played in 23 games, starting 19 times...Finished the season with nine hits, including one double, four runs scored and four RBIs...Picked up two hits in each of her first three games, driving in and scoring a run on Feb. 1st against Pittsburg State.

Her current major is Architectural Engineering.

Alexia Garcia (Class of 2018)
Alexia will be in her sophomore season at Texas A&M Kingsville. Alexia runs cross country for the Javelinas.
Preston Rabe (Class of 2018)
Preston is in his sophomore year and will be attending Texas A&M Kingsville this year. Preston looks to join the Javelina's Track & Field Team
Jesse Garcia (Class of 2017)
Jesse will be in his Junior season at Trinity University. Jesse is a defensive back.