Year 1 established the program. Year 2 showed us what it could become. Now comes Year 3. UTRGV Swimming & Diving made a noticeable jump last season, scoring 271.5 points at the MPSF Championships after scoring 132 at the WAC Championships the year before. The Vaqueros increased their scoring entries from seven to 13 and finished the season with 15 program records. UTRGV hasn’t arrived yet. The Vaqueros still finished 10th at the MPSF Championships. But for a program entering

UTRGV men’s cross country made progress last season. The Vaqueros finished fifth at the Southland Conference Championships, their best conference finish in five years, with five runners setting personal bests. Now two of their top three finishers from that race are gone. Who replaces those points? Saturday’s UIW Invitational gave us our first look — and the first Vaquero across the line was a freshman. Brock Morales led UTRGV in his collegiate debut, finishing 26th in approxi

UTRGV women’s cross country entered 2026 with something to build on. The Vaqueros finished third at the Southland Conference Championships last fall, their best conference finish in 15 years, and were picked third again in this year’s preseason poll. Then came the season opener. Kailey Salazar and Mia Picazo immediately gave us something to talk about. Salazar produced one of the fastest 5Ks in program history, while Picazo made a significant jump from where she started last

UTRGV men’s tennis has been close. Twice. The Vaqueros have finished second in the Southland Conference in each of the last two seasons. Now, as UTRGV opens its fall schedule at the Islander Open in Corpus Christi, the question isn’t whether this program can compete near the top of the conference. We already know it can. The question is whether this group can take the next step. Head coach Nathan Robinson returns seven players and adds four newcomers to an 11-man roster. Ther

There might not be a UTRGV team with more to figure out this fall than women’s tennis. The Vaqueros return experience, including a player who went 8-1 in Southland Conference singles last season. But they also welcome five new players to a 10-player roster, including a transfer who finished her freshman season on an 18-match winning streak. Five returners. Five new faces. Starting Friday at the Islander Open in Corpus Christi, we get our first look at how it all fits together

UTRGV men’s golf already proved it can win. Now the Vaqueros have to prove they can keep winning after losing the player at the center of their breakthrough. UTRGV enters the 2026-27 season as the defending Southland Conference champion after beating UIW by one stroke last April. That championship sent the Vaqueros to the first NCAA Regional in program history. Four golfers from that NCAA Regional lineup are back. The one who isn’t is a pretty big loss. Jorge Martin Sampedro

UTRGV women’s golf already answered one big question. Yes, the Vaqueros can win the Southland Conference. Now comes the more interesting one: What do they do next? UTRGV opens the 2026-27 season Monday at the Bear Brawl in Greeley, Colorado, just a few months removed from a historic season. The Vaqueros won the Southland Conference Championship by one stroke over Houston Christian and earned the program’s first trip to an NCAA Regional. And instead of starting over, UTRGV bri

Two Valley standouts are joining UTRGV as walk-ons. Nothing is guaranteed but both now get the chance to see what they can do at the Division I level without leaving home. Kian Jones and William Goodloe are getting a shot at Division I football right here in the Valley. Neither is arriving at UTRGV on scholarship. They’re coming in as walk-ons, which means the next part is entirely up to them. Jones comes from San Benito, where he did a little bit of everything. As a senior,

UTRGV freshman Dakoda Dement enters the AAU Junior Olympic shot put competition at the top of the field. Before his first collegiate meet, Dakoda Dement has a chance to arrive at UTRGV as an AAU Junior Olympic champion. The AAU Junior Olympic Games entry list has Dement seeded No. 1 in the 17–18 shot put with a 60-foot entry mark. In an exclusive interview with DITV956.com, Dement said his goal is clear: bring a gold medal back to the Rio Grande Valley. “Repping the Valley me