The Trinity Standard

The National Association of Basketball Coaches has released the 2014-15 Honors Court and Team Academic Excellence Awards. We are very proud to say that our student-athletes continued to hold a high academic standard and were given the Team Academic Excellence Award for the third year in a row (which the award has only been given for the past three years). For a large group of student-athletes to hold a cumulative GPA above a 3.0 at an academically competitive university, such as Trinity, is a true testament to our guys' ability to work hard in their studies and manage their time efficiently.

We would also like to congratulate the three upperclassmen who were named to the NABC Honors Court. To earn a GPA above a 3.2, especially during your last semester of your senior year (which often carries the most challenging capstone courses), is an impressive feat for these three graduates. Congrats Jimmy, Matt, and Will!

Entrepreneurial Tigers

Forbes Magazine recently came out with a list of America's Most Entrepreneurial Colleges 2015 and ranked Trinity University at #8 in the country. We are extremely proud of this acknowledgement, as liberal arts education encourages entrepreneurial thought within its students and Trinity has established a unique program here. Trinity's Entrepreneurship program is making a major impact on one of our current student-athletes, Khambrel Roach. Kham came to Trinity from Miami, Florida and has been a member of Trinity Basketball for the past two years. Here are Kham's comments when asked about the program:

For years I have always brainstormed and imagined how much better the world would be if certain products were created. I have always had big ideas and it wasn't until my freshman year of college when I began to learn how to focus my passion for innovation. I learned that through entrepreneurship, these ideas that I constantly render in my mind could be transformed from visions into tangible products through strategic and diligent work ethic. When I heard of the entrepreneurship program at Trinity, I immediately scheduled a meeting with the program director, Dr. Martinez, to tell him all my ideas. In our meeting he smiled and said I had the mind of a true entrepreneur. I was motivated and began to work tirelessly on my ideas. I learned to code, design 3D models, and work with various animation softwares and am proud to say I have successfully started my first business, Recordio LLC, and plan to launch an app (Recordio) this coming fall. While Recordio is shaping out to be my first entrepreneurial success, I am currently involved with several other projects that have grown from my ideas. Through the program, I have been able to meet many successful entrepreneurs that have profited from their ideas, landed an internship with Venture Lab (an entrepreneurship hub located in San Antonio) and personally presented my ideas to local San Antonio investors and venture capitalists. I didn't know the Entrepreneurship program existed until I arrived here, but it has been a big part of what I love about Trinity.

- Khambrel Roach '17

July Period III - Las Vegas

The Division I open recruiting periods are officially over for 2015 and like each year, our staff attended several tournaments in Las Vegas this past week. With thousands of teams coming in from all over the country, Las Vegas is a great place to see many different players. While driving between high school gyms can become exhausting, we enjoyed seeing some terrific talent this past week.

Now that July is winding down, we are looking forward to cumulating all of our notes from this summer in search of the perfect student-athletes that fit our program. It has been a very busy July and we would like to thank all of the event organizers from this summer that helps us locate some great future Trinity Tigers.

July Period II - Duncanville

This past week the Trinity Basketball coaching staff spent the second July open recruiting period in Duncanville, TX at the Great American Shootout. Mike, Sam, Blue, and the rest of their staff always put on a world-class event that promotes great basketball. We'd like to thank them for the hospitality shown to us each year.

With one open period week remaining, be on the lookout for Trinity Basketball at the BigFoot Classic, Fab48, and Adidas Uprising in Las Vegas, NV this week.

Faces on the Hill - The Trinity Bunch

You could spend every day meeting a new face on campus and it would still take years to get through all of the impactful employees we have here at Trinity. Our student-athletes are very fortunate to be surrounded by so many caring individuals that want to help them succeed. While each student may not meet every person in every department, this video is a great start to getting to know some people that every Trinity student should get to know during their time on "the Hill."

July Period I - LA / Seattle / GMI

This past week was the first week of the July open-recruiting period for NCAA Division I programs, which means some terrific tournaments bringing in hundreds of summer teams to each event. The Trinity Basketball staff used this opportunity to get into various parts of the country and watch some talented student-athletes. Our staff made it out to the following events -

Double Pump Summer Tip-Off Classic - Anaheim, CA - This was a very well run event at the American Sports Center near Disneyland, with so many courts under one roof. It was good to see all of the Southern California programs in action, as well as many teams from out of state. The talent was strong and we look forward to returning to this event for years to come. One highlight of the week was getting to enjoy some food at the iconic Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles!

NW Premier Showcase - Seattle, WA - Our staff has enjoyed visiting Bellevue College the past several years for Coach Jeremy Eggers' tournament. It is not only great to see the quality of talent in the Northwest region, but the officials training that takes place at this event is world-class. There is some great teaching going on all around.

GMI - Houston, TX - Jim Hicks' George McLellan Invitational is always a well run event that treats us college coaches extremely well and brings in some of the top teams in the state and region. The basketball was really great, but it may have been outdone by the hospitality room at The Gym.


Next stop this week is to our friends Mike, Sam, and Blue's Great American Shootout in Duncanville, TX for week 2 of July Madness!

San Diego Academic Camp

This week's recruiting trip to the Hoop Mountain Elite Student Athlete Prospect Camp held on the campus of University of California, San Diego was very productive. The Hoop Mountain guys always run a great camp and attract top tier academic student-athletes, which makes it convenient for schools like Trinity to know that each athlete we are watching is also focused on his academics. There were definitely a couple of players that we will continue watching through out this July period.