The Battalion • 16th May 2025

‘I’m really blessed’

In 2022, as former Texas A&M tight end Jalen Wydermyer was getting released from his childhood favorite team, he did the impossible: made the notoriously crotchety then-coach of the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick, crack a smile.
“I was very sad, don’t get me wrong,” Wydermyer said. “But Bill Belichick, he sat me down, and he gave me the whole speech. I sat there, and I told him, I said, ‘Hey, I grew up a Patriots fan. I grew up watching you, Tom Brady, Gronk, win championships, so you don’...

TexAgs • 27th April 2025

No. 2 A&M salvages series with Senior Day shutout vs. No. 9 Arkansas

Game #49: No. 9 Arkansas 0, No. 2 Texas A&M 2
Records: Texas A&M (41-8, 14-6), Arkansas (36-10, 12-9)
WP: Emiley Kennedy (17-4)
LP: Reis Beuerlein (3-1)
Box Score

In an emotion-filled senior day, left-handed pitcher Emiley Kennedy ended a two-game skid by giving the 12th Man one more treat — a shutout performance in a 2-0 victory over the No. 9 Arkansas Razorbacks.

“I think I like pressure situations,” Kennedy said. “It’s Senior Day. I don’t want to lose on my own field, on my own day and put...

The Battalion • 23rd April 2025

The pick is in, and it’s maroon

After months of pomp, circumstance and thousands of mock drafts, the 2025 NFL Draft is finally set to take place in Green Bay, Wisconsin, from Thursday to Saturday, April 24-26. Three Texas A&M football players will trade maroon threads for draft hats as they take the next steps on their football journeys.
Shemar Stewart, junior edge rusher
Stewart finally answers an oft-asked question — what would happen if you slapped a football helmet on a grizzly bear and set it loose on the field? Carnage,...

TexAgs • 11th April 2025

No. 3 Ags top No. 6 Tigers to secure series opener to claim 10th straight

Game #40: No. 3 Texas A&M 12, No. 6 LSU 7
Records: Texas A&M (36-5, 10-3), LSU (35-6, 8-4)
WP: Emiley Kennedy (13-3)
LP: Sydney Berzon (15-3)
Box Score

Despite falling behind early, No. 3 Texas A&M softball’s explosive offense caged the No. 6 LSU Tigers in a 12-7 victory on Friday night in College Station.

The win is the Ags’ 10th in a row.

With the Tigers draped in their typical purple threads and the Aggies donning bright pink for their annual BTHO Cancer game, Davis Diamond’s aesthetic was...

The Battalion • 9th April 2025

Beep baseball builds community

Exhausted after a day of travel, battered with baseball-born bruises and in a packed car at 1 a.m., Hillary Oswald ‘18 and her father, Jerry House, saw in the rearview mirror what everyone dreads most: the red and blue glare of police lights.
As the flashing lights neared and the officer approached the driver’s side door, House pulled what Oswald described as “the blind card” to get out of the jam — the car was full of visually impaired athletes, all players on the BCS Outlaws beep baseball team...

TexAgs • 29th March 2025

No. 5 Aggies add teal accents in 6-2 victory over Loyola Marymount

Game #35: No. 5 Texas A&M 6, Loyola Marymount 2
Records: Texas A&M (30-5, 6-3), LMU (14-19, 0-0)
WP: Kate Munnerlyn (1-0)
LP: Lindsay O’Dell (7-10)
Box Score

No. 5 Texas A&M softball looked a little bit different in its 6-2 victory over Loyola Marymount on Saturday at Davis Diamond.

The Aggies wore teal socks and accents as part of the Southeastern Conference’s “All for Alex Campaign,” which honors Alex Wilcox’s impact on the softball community and the fight against ovarian cancer. Wilcox was...

TexAgs • 9th March 2025

Kennedy out-dueled in rubber match as Florida downs A&M, 4-2

Game #25: No. 3 Florida 4, No. 4 Texas A&M 2
Records: Texas A&M (21-4, 1-2), Florida (26-2, 2-1)
WP: Kara Hammock (6-0)
LP: Emiley Kennedy (6-3)
Box Score

In the opening week of Southeastern Conference softball, No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 3 Florida split the spoils of the first two games, putting immense importance on Sunday's rubber match.

However, it was the Gators’ barrage of batters that overpowered the Aggies’ lack of consistency on offense in a 4-2 win to claim the series in Bryan-College S...

TexAgs • 7th February 2025

Davis Drama! No. 7 Ags plate nine unanswered to erase six-run deficit

Game #3: No. 7 Texas A&M 10, No. 19 Baylor 7
Records: Texas A&M (3-0, 0-0), Baylor (2-1, 0-0)
WP: Emiley Kennedy (2-0)
LP: Dariana Orme (1-1)
Box Score

Coming off two wins in Thursday’s Opening Day double-header, No. 7 Texas A&M softball squared off against No. 19 Baylor in a Battle of the Brazos on Friday night at Davis Diamond.

When the Aggies looked dead in the water down 7-1 in the fifth inning, a host of newcomers rescued the game to give A&M a 10-7 win.

“They don't call us the Fightin’...

The Battalion • 1st December 2024

‘It stings, bro’

No. 20 Texas A&M’s hopes at a trip to Atlanta for the SEC Championship were slashed in a 17-7 defeat to No. 3 Texas in the long-awaited return of the Lone Star Showdown.
“Losing our last three conference games and not being able to close the deal and going to Atlanta,” coach Mike Elko said. “Yeah. I mean, it sucks. There’s no sugarcoating it. There’s no soft words around it. We had our opportunities, and we didn’t get it done. And so it’s disappointing.”
Offense gets shutout, fails to capitalize...

The Battalion • 21st November 2024

Rivalry reborn

With the eyes of the college football world gazing upon Kyle Field, Texas A&M is preparing for one of its most anticipated battles in a decade. For the first time since 2011, the Longhorns and Aggies will meet on the gridiron. This is not just a battle for pride — a spot in the SEC Championship is on the line. 
“What makes college athletics is rivalries, and it was really sad that Texas-Texas A&M rivalry didn’t happen for this long,” A&M director of athletics Trev Alberts said in August. “I thin...

The Battalion • 27th October 2024

Marcel Magic saves the Aggies

When redshirt freshman quarterback Marcel Reed got off the bench in an attempt by the Texas A&M coaching staff to save a sputtering offensive performance against LSU, the Kyle Field crowd erupted. The scoreboard didn’t show it, and the Tigers didn’t know it — but the 12th Man felt it: Reed was about to flip the script and rescue the Aggies.
No. 14 A&M rallied to beat No. 8 LSU, 38-23, on the back of Reed’s three rushing touchdowns to reward coach Mike Elko’s season-altering gamble at the quarter...

The Battalion • 27th August 2024

Elko era kicks off against No. 7 Notre Dame

The Jimbo Fisher era at Texas A&M football came with lofty expectations and ended in a whimper with a 2023 midseason firing. Now, coach Mike Elko has returned to College Station to lead the Aggies into a new age.
No. 20 Texas A&M’s season opener versus No. 7 Notre Dame at Kyle Field on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. is a trial by fire for the Aggies’ new regime.
Coming off a 7-6 season marred by injuries and dysfunction, the Maroon and White’s hopes of an improved 2024 campaign start with a competitive F...

The Battalion • 19th April 2025

Takeaways from Mike Elko’s second Maroon & White Game

On a cloudy Easter-weekend Saturday, the 12th Man finally got a peek into what Texas A&M football might look like this fall. With the White team handing the Maroon squad a 19-7 defeat, fans saw 12 sacks from a disruptive defense group and a host of new faces on offense.
“Another great spring game,” coach Mike Elko said. “The Aggies won, they are now 2-0 in spring games that I’ve been part of. … I thought we had a good spring. Thought we got better, I thought we improved in a lot of areas”
Rebuil...

The Battalion • 26th March 2025

The world’s strangest job interview

The tape measures and stopwatches are out — and the world’s strangest job interview is entering its final stages.
As the 2025 NFL Draft creeps ever closer, 13 Aggies will take one final opportunity to impress scouts, coaches and personnel executives at Texas A&M football’s NFL Pro Day on Thursday, March 27 at the Coolidge Performance Center.
“[The Pro Day] is an opportunity for a lot of our guys to come back and really put on a show [on Thursday],” coach Mike Elko said. “I’m excited to watch tho...

The Battalion • 18th October 2024

‘She’s a special player’

When everything went wrong for the Aggies, it was junior midfielder Sydney Becerra who stepped up to rescue a point for Texas A&M soccer against LSU on Friday night. With the team down 2-1, the Aggies needed one more moment of magic to draw level.
In the 81st minute, the Aggies’ most productive goal-scorer lined up a free kick from around 25 yards out. The Flower Mound product curled the ball into the top left corner as the Ellis Field crowd erupted in approval.
“They bring out our mannequins, s...