Football 11/2/2017 12:34:00 PM Brian Kortz

Football Hosts Javelinas for Senior Game This Saturday

SILVER CITY, N.M. – The final home game of the season arrives for the Western New Mexico University football team when they host Texas A&M-Kingsville this Saturday at noon which will also be senior day.

WNMU is 2-7 overall on the season and 1-5 in the Lone Star Conference. They have won their last two home games against Tarleton State and Fort Lewis. Texas A&M-Kingsville is 3-6 overall and 2-5 in the conference with wins over West Texas A&M and UT Permian Basin. They lost this past weekend at Eastern New Mexico (51-34).

Fifteen Mustangs will be honored for senior day and below is information about each of their careers.

D'Angelo Bowie (Virginia Beach, VA/Landstown):
WNMU (2017): Bowie started of the year setting a Lone Star Conference single game reception mark with 19 catches against San Diego. He went for 263 yards and two touchdowns in that game as well. He has two other games in which he went for over 100 yards with a 108-yard performance against Western Oregon and a 158-yard game against UT Permian Basin. This season he has caught 50 passes for 683 yards and six touchdowns. He ranks first in the conference in receptions per game and third in both receiving yards and receiving yards per game.
WNMU (2016): In his first season on the field for the Mustangs, Bowie collected five receptions for 42 yards, with a long catch of 20 yards. He saw action in six games total games as a redshirt junior.
WNMU (2015): Redshirt season.
Grossmont: During the 2014 season, he caught 23 passes for 371 yards and seven touchdowns. He was named to the All-Conference Team in 2013.

Aaron Leauma (San Marcos, CA/Mission Hills):
WNMU (2017): Leauma has played in every game this season tallying 43 tackles, 20 solo, along with three tackles for loss, a sack, a pass broken up and three quarterback hurries. He went for a high in tackles with 12 against Eastern New Mexico. He added a pair of five solo stops against Eastern New Mexico and Texas A&M-Commerce.
WNMU (2016): Leauma had another solid year for the Mustangs racking up 49 tackles, 20 solo, along with six tackles for loss, two sacks, a pass defended, five quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles in starting all 11 games. He had at least five tackles in six games, going for a high of eight versus Fort Lewis. He added two other seven tackle games and one with six. Leauma collected two sacks for a loss of 11 yards against Tarleton State and had his fumbled recovery against UT Permian Basin.
WNMU (2015): Leauma burst onto the scene in his first season with the Mustangs, as he finished fourth on the team in tackles with 53 (20 coming solo), while adding six tackles for loss, a team-leading 3.5 sacks, a pass breakup and a second-best on the team in quarterback hurries with six. He went for a season-high nine tackles against Fort Lewis and had two tackles for loss in that same game. He had full sacks against CSU-Pueblo and Fort Lewis.
Palomar: Played along the defensive line where he came away with 27 total tackles, 14 solo and also recovered a fumble.
High School: He tallied a multitude of honors including Third-Team All-State CalHi Sports (2012), First-Team All-CIF 2011 and 2012, Defensive Player of the Year North San Diego County (2012) and Team MVP in 2012. Some of the team awards include CIF semifinalist both 2009 and 2011 and the CIF runner-up in 2010.

Javia Hall (Dallas, TX/Skyline):
WNMU (2017): Hall has put together another strong season as he has completed 215-389 for 2,584 yards and 19 touchdowns. He has also rushed for a touchdown and has a long carry of 43 yards that came this past week against Angelo State. Hall has passed for at least 100 yards in every game this season, going for a high of 496 against UT Permian Basin. He also had a 464-yard game against San Diego and a 418-yard game against Eastern New Mexico. Hall has a pair of four touchdown games versus Eastern New Mexico and UT Permian Basin. He ranks first in the conference in total offense, second in passing touchdowns, passing yards, passing yards per game, points responsible for and completions per game. He is third in points responsible for per game and fifth in passing efficiency.
WNMU (2016): Hall made an immediate impact in his first season with the Mustangs as he led the team completing 245-425 for 2,939 yards and 24 touchdowns. He also rushed 86 times for 113 yards and two scores. Hall's numbers put him amongst the Lone Star Conference and national leaders as he led the LSC and finished 31st nationally in total offense per game (277), second in the LSC in completions per game (22.27), passing yards and passing yards per game (266.7), third in passing touchdowns, points responsible for (158), points responsible for per game (14.4), fifth in completion percentage (0.576) and sixth in both passing efficiency (128.2) and passing yards per completion (11.98). Nationally he was 21st in completions per game, 31st in passing yards per game and passing yards, 32nd in passing touchdowns, 47th in points responsible for, 54th in points responsible for per game and 74th in completion percentage. He passed for at least 200 yards in eight games, going for over 400 twice with a high of 447 coming against Tarleton State. His other 400-yard game was against Texas A&M-Commerce. He had at least a touchdown pass in all but two games, throwing four three times in a game against Oklahoma Panhandle State, UT Permian Basin and Tarleton State. His high on the ground came versus Oklahoma Panhandle State when he rushed 13 times for 62 yards and two scores.
UTEP: During his time at UTEP, Hall redshirted his first season and then saw action in 2011 playing in three games. He completed 4-7 passes for 39 yards and also rushed 12 times, with a long carry of 13.
High School: Played at Skyline High and was a member of Dave Campbell's Texas Football Top-300 list and a three-star recruit by Rivals.com. Hall was named to the Second Team All-State 5A as a senior after completing 66.8 percent of his passes for 2,600 yards, 33 touchdowns and just two interceptions. His team went 12-1 his senior year, advancing to the state title game. As a junior, he passed for 1,379 yards and 18 touchdowns, 1,200 yards as a sophomore and was a three-year varsity letter winner.

Leo Marin (Carlsbad, CA/Carlsbad):
WNMU (2017): Marin tallied 34 tackles, 14 solo, along with five tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, a forced fumble, a blocked kick and two quarterback hurries. This season he went for a high in tackles with six twice against Eastern New Mexico and UT Permian Basin. His blocked kick came against the Greyhounds and he posted 1.5 sacks against Fort Lewis.
WNMU (2016): Marin played and started in all 11 games as he compiled 55 tackles, 27 solo, along with 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, a pass defended, three quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles. He was fifth on the team in tackles and tied for the team lead in sacks and forced fumbles. He went for a high in tackles with 12 versus Fort Lewis and also added an eight and seven tackle game throughout the year. He posted solo sacks against Angelo State and Texas A&M-Kingsville and had three games with a tackle for loss.
WNMU (2015): Marin had 45 tackles, with 15 solo in the nine games he played. He also tallied two tackles for loss and a half sack. He had a season-high nine tackles against Chadron State.
WNMU (2014): Saw action in nearly every game of the season at linebacker where he accumulated 11 total tackles, five solo stops, along with a half tackle for loss.

AJ Smith (San Diego, CA/Point Loma):
WNMU (2017): Smith has tallied 28 tackles, 17 solo, along with a tackle for loss, an interception and three passes broken up this year. He recorded six tackles twice against Midwestern State and Angelo State, while posting his interception versus UT Permian Basin. He added an extra point in the season opener against San Diego.
WNMU (2016): Smith logged time in all 11 games in his first season with the Mustangs in 2016. He posted 35 tackles, 19 solo, along with a half tackle for loss, an interception and a pass defended. Smith had seven tackles in two games against Oklahoma Panhandle State and Fort Lewis. He added an interception against Texas A&M-Commerce.
Grossmont: Smith played the past season as a defensive back for Grossmont.

Dominic Barry (Moreno Valley, CA/Vista Del Lago):
WNMU (2017): Barry is one of the top tacklers in the nation once again this year with 95 stops, 32 solo, along with 12.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and eight quarterback hurries. He leads the team in tackles, tackles for loss, sacks and quarterback hurries. Barry ranks fourth in the conference in both tackles for loss and total tackles. He is third in sacks. He went for a high in tackles with 15 against Eastern New Mexico and has five total games this season with at least 10 tackles. He posted six solo tackles against Texas A&M-Commerce and also had two sacks. Barry had three quarterback hurries against UT Permian Basin.
WNMU (2016): Barry proved he was one of the elite linebackers in not only the Lone Star Conference, but in all of Division II as he finished third in the conference and 47th nationally in tackles per game at 9.3. He led the team with 103 total tackles, 39 solo, along with 7.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, four passes broken up, five quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles in starting all 11 games. Barry had 10 tackles or more in seven games, going for a high of 14 against Tarleton State when the Mustangs nearly erased an early 21-point deficit. He came away with seven solo tackles twice versus UT Permian Basin and Texas A&M-Kingsville. Barry collected three tackles for loss against UT Permian Basin and he also recorded one of his sacks and forced fumbles against the Falcons.
WNMU (2015): Barry had a breakout junior season leading the team in tackles with 64, including 26 solo. He also added three tackles for loss, three pass breakups, two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and fumble recovery. He played in every game and had a high in tackles of 13 against Chadron State and added a 10 tackle contest versus Fort Lewis. He had both his fumble forced and recovered against Arizona Christian.
WNMU (2014): Played in every game, posting 42 total tackles, 17 solo, along with 1.5 sacks, a quarterback hurry and one pass breakup. He recorded a high in tackles with 11 against Colorado State University-Pueblo and had a sack against the University of San Diego.

Matt Hommel (Suffolk, VA/Kings Fork):
WNMU (2017): Hommel has played in two games this season, starting one against Texas A&M-Commerce. He has completed 17-35 for 124 yards, with a long pass of 20 yards. He also has eight carries for 31 yards, with a long of 20 yards. In the game against the Lions he passed for 124 yards and also rushed for 36 yards.
WNMU (2016): Hommel played in nine games at quarterback and started in one contest. He completed 13-32 for 161 yards and a touchdown, with a long of 39 yards. He also rushed nine times for 15 yards, with a long of 10 yards. Hommel completed 8-20 for 83 yards versus San Diego and also rushed five times for 18 yards. His long pass of 39 yards was against UT Permian Basin when he completed 2-3 for 64 yards.
WNMU (2015): In his first season with WNMU, Hommel played in the first game of the season against Arizona Christian where he completed 2-of-6 passes for 10 yards, with a long pass of six yards.
Feather River College: He played in eight games completing 78-of-177 for 1,070 yards and 13 touchdowns. He averaged 133.75 yards per game and had a long pass of 76 yards.

Tracy McNair (San Diego, CA/Morse):
WNMU (2017): McNair has played in four games this season, rushing 10 times for nine yards. He rushed for a high of 13 yards against Texas A&M-Commerce.
WNMU (2016): McNair played in nine games, starting four during his junior season. He rushed 35 times for 175 yards, with a long of 66 yards and averaged 19.4 yards per attempt. He also caught eight passes for 61 yards, with a long of 11 and an average of 6.8 yards. McNair ran for a season-high 102 yards on 12 carries against Fort Lewis that was the same game in which he posted his best run of the season of 66 yards. He caught two passes for 19 yards against San Diego.
WNMU (2015): McNair saw action in eight games as a redshirt sophomore rushing 25 times for 70 yards, with a long of 20. He caught one pass for three yards and also had two tackles. He went for a season-high in carries and yards both against Black Hills State posting 11 rushes for 45 yards. He had his long run of 20 yards against Colorado Mines.
WNMU (2014): Saw action in 10 games where he compiled 58 rushing yards and 90 receiving yards. He recorded a high of 4 rushes for 25 yards against Chadron State and had a high in receiving yards with 49 against New Mexico Highlands.
WNMU (2013): Redshirt season.
High School: Named to the All-Eastern League Second-Team in 2010, All-Eastern League First-Team in 2011, and Eastern League Player of the Year in 2012.

Ian Davis (Grass Valley, CA/Nevada Union):
WNMU (2017): Davis is second on the tem in tackles with 64, along with a team-best 40 solo stops, a half-tackle for loss, an interception, five passes broken up and two quarterback hurries. He has gone for 10 or more tackles twice this season with a high of 12 against Angelo State. He also had nine solo stops in that same contest. His interception came against Fort Lewis that helped WNMU comeback to win the game. He ranks sixth in the conference in solo tackles and eighth in total tackles.
WNMU (2016): Davis, just like Hall, came in and helped the Mustangs right away in his first season as a junior transfer in 2016. He led the team with four interceptions, which ranked him third in the Lone Star Conference in interceptions per game at 0.4, good for 64th nationally. Not only was he coming away with interceptions, he was third on the team in tackles with 60, second in solo stops with 34, along with seven passes defended, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. Davis was seventh in the conference and 41st nationally in fumbles recovered. He tallied four or more tackles in 10 games, going for a high of eight against Fort Lewis. He had seven stops in two games and six in four other contests. Davis snagged two interceptions in the first LSC game in school history versus in-state rival Eastern New Mexico. He also had INTs against Texas A&M-Commerce and Angelo State.
Sierra College: Back in 2015 he was named to both the All-State and All-NorCal League playing at Sierra.

Immanuel Dangerfield (Elk Grove, CA/Laguna Creek):
WNMU (2017): Dangerfield has collected 20 tackles this season with 12 coming solo and added 1.5 tackles for loss. He went for a high in tackles with seven against Eastern New Mexico. He collected a tackle for loss at San Diego.
WNMU (2016): Dangerfield played in all 11 games for the Mustangs in 2016 after transferring from Sacramento City College. He tallied 30 tackles, 15 solo, along with 4.5 tackles for loss, an interception, a pass defended and a fumble recovery.

Kyle Foote (Hayward, CA/Hayward):
WNMU (2017): Foote has tallied nine tackles, seven solo, along with a tackle for loss, an interception and five passes broken up in playing in every game this season. He collected three tackles against San Diego and added an interception versus Tarleton State.
WNMU (2016): Foote saw action in all 11 games tallying 20 tackles, 12 solo, a half tackle for loss, an interception and two passes defended. He posted a high in tackles with four against Angelo State, he also added two other three tackle performances.
Diablo Valley: Foote played in nine games during the 2015 season for Diablo Valley coming away with 28 tackles, a sack and an interception.

Lorenzo Davis (Los Angeles, CA/Culver City):
WNMU (2017): Davis has played a significant role along the offensive line this year as he has helped the team rush for 781 yards and pass for 2,719 yards for a total of 3,500, along with 25 touchdowns.
WNMU (2016): Redshirt season.

Richard Pozuelos (Colton, CA/Rialto):
WNMU (2017): Pozuelos moved into the starting lineup along the offensive line during the season and has helped the team rush for 781 yards and pass for 2,719 yards for a total of 3,500, along with 25 touchdowns.
WNMU (2016): He saw action in a couple of games along the offensive line in helping the team tally 4,487 yards of offense and 36 total touchdowns, 25 coming through the air.
WNMU (2015): Pozuelos played in seven games along the offensive line, helping the offense to 1,497 yards rushing and 20 touchdowns. Through the air the Mustangs passed for 3,897 yards and 26 touchdowns.
WNMU (2014): He saw action in a few games.

Eli Gonzalez (Santa Ana, CA/Santa Ana):
WNMU (2017): Gonzalez has started along the offensive line throughout the season and has helped the team rush for 781 yards and pass for 2,719 yards for a total of 3,500, along with 25 touchdowns.
WNMU (2016): Spent time playing both on the offensive line and on special teams.
WNMU (2015): Gonzalez played in four games on the offensive line, helping the offense to 1,497 yards rushing and 20 touchdowns. Through the air the Mustangs passed for 3,897 yards and 26 touchdowns.
WNMU (2014): He saw action in a few games.

Matt Grieb (Temecula, CA/Chaparral):
WNMU (2017): Grieb has caught 10 passes for 111 yards and a touchdown this year with a long reception of 20 yards. Grieb caught a pair of passes against both Midwestern State and Fort Lewis, tallying 34 yards against Midwestern State and his touchdown versus Fort Lewis.
WNMU (2016): He played in 10 games during the 2016 season, catching a pass for six yards, along with helping the offense average 26.5 points and 407.9 yards per game and 36 total touchdowns, with 25 coming through the air. The Mustangs ranked fourth in the conference in first downs (234), third and 28^th nationally in passing yards per game (290) and fifth in the conference in total offense (407).
WNMU (2015): Grieb played in nine games, tallying five passes for 35 yards, with a long reception of 14 yards against Adams State. He added a 12-yard catch against Colorado Mesa.
WNMU (2014): Played in several games at tight end, caught one pass for eight yards.
WNMU (2013): Played in a few games at tight end and saw action on special teams.

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Players Mentioned

#9 Dominic Barry: LB; 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior

#1 D'Angelo Bowie: WR; 5' 11"; Redshirt Senior

#24 Immanuel Dangerfield: DB; 5' 8"; Senior

#23 Ian Davis: S; 6' 3"; Senior

#58 Lorenzo Davis: OL; 6' 1"; Senior

#26 Kyle Foote: DB; 6' 0"; Senior

#87 Eli Gonzalez: OL; 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior

#88 Matt Grieb: TE; 6' 4"; Redshirt Senior

#12 Matt Hommel: QB; 6' 1"; Senior

#3 Aaron Leauma: DE; 6' 1"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#9 Dominic Barry
: 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior
: LB

#1 D'Angelo Bowie
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Senior
: WR

#24 Immanuel Dangerfield
: 5' 8"; Senior
: DB

#23 Ian Davis
: 6' 3"; Senior
: S

#58 Lorenzo Davis
: 6' 1"; Senior
: OL

#26 Kyle Foote
: 6' 0"; Senior
: DB

#87 Eli Gonzalez
: 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior
: OL

#88 Matt Grieb
: 6' 4"; Redshirt Senior
: TE

#12 Matt Hommel
: 6' 1"; Senior
: QB

#3 Aaron Leauma
: 6' 1"; Senior
: DE