Winter 2012 - Wayland Baptist University Alumni Association

elieved to
get that first
win under the
team’s belt, Henderson
admitted
to getting a bit
choked up in his
post-game speech
to his players.
It would take
five weeks for the
Pioneers to get their
second victory of the
year. That came during
Homecoming as Wayland
defeated Southwest
Assemblies of God, 58-
37 on Oct. 20.
The matchup saw star
running back Kendall Roberson
earn five touchdowns on the
ground and one in the air for 262
total yards in a game in which the
Pioneers would pile up a staggering
560 yards on offense.
Despite a 2-7 record (the opening
game was officially an exhibition
game and did not count toward the
team’s record), the Pioneers pulled
off some major accomplishments
for a first-year program.
“We got our first win and our
first homecoming win. Those are
two big starting places,” Henderson
said. “That gave us a good start.”
Roberson lead the Pioneers in
rushing with 669 yards on 138
carries for a 4.8-yard average. He
also led the team in scoring with 12
touchdowns (72 points) and all-purpose
yards with 868 total yards
(199 receiving yards combined with
his rushing total).
The Pioneers leading receiver
was Chris Acosta, a freshman from
Amarillo, who had 34 receptions for
344 yards for a 10.1-yard average.
Two
Pioneers
shared much of the quarterbacking
duties with El Paso freshman
Anthony Campuzano completing
111 passes out of 191 attempts
for 1,089 yards. Luis Gonzalez, a
freshman from Alamo, Texas, had
68 completions on 120 attempts for
701 yards.
On defense, Jon-Lucas Poe, a
freshman from Midland, led the
team in tackles with 33 solo and 35
assisted tackles, for a total of 68.
Irving, Texas freshman Kevin Carter
led the team with 2.5 sacks.
Men’s Soccer:
Wayland’s soccer program had
one of its most successful years
ever with both the men’s and women’s
teams setting records for most
wins in a season.
On the men’s front, on Sept. 4,
in their first field appearance since
receiving votes in the NAIA Top 25
poll for the first time ever, the Pioneers
didn’t disappoint.
Samman Hassan, Samson
Defeugaing and Travis Somersall
scored one goal apiece, and the
Pioneers posted a 3-2 victory over
Athletics Wrap
Oklahoma Baptist in
Wayland’s Sooner
Athletic Conference
opener.
“Today was a
total team effort
against an extremely
talented OBU
squad,” Wayland
coach Jamath
Shoffner said.
“We knew going
into the game it
was going to be
a tough place
to play and come
away with a win.”
WBU finished with an 11-5-2
record and advanced to the SAC
Tournament semifinals where the
third-seeded Pioneers lost to Oklahoma
Baptist, 2-1 in overtime.
The Pioneers fared well in endof-season
honors. Wayland Baptist’s
Miguel Teos was named Newcomer
of the Year in the Sooner Athletic
Conference, preventing a sweep of
the top men’s soccer honors by the
University of Science and Arts of
Oklahoma. Joining Teos, a midfielder,
on the first team was WBU
goalkeeper John-Ramses Thomas,
while Pioneers making the second
team were defender Vitalis Atemafac
and midfielder Jevaughn Vance.
Teos, a junior form Greenville,
S.C., had three goals and a
team-leading seven assists for 13
points for the Pioneers. His seven
assists ranked third in the SAC. He
took 19 shots (.158 shooting percentage)
and had 10 shots on goal
(.526).
Thomas, a sophomore from
Plymouth, Tobago, who was SAC
Goalkeeper of the Year as a freshman,
ended the season with 62
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