Six members of the Angelo State University (ASU) Handball Club, including Cade Whitley of Tioga, brought home gold and silver medals from the 72nd U.S. Handball Association (USHA) National Collegiate Championships held recently in Portland, Oregon.
For the ASU women’s team, Kelly Salisbury, an interdisciplinary studies major from San Angelo, won the Gold Medal in the Women’s C Singles Division. She then teamed with her twin sister, Kimberly Hostetter, an agricultural science and leadership major, to win the Gold Medal in the Women’s C Doubles Division. Taigan Rivers, an exercise science major from San Angelo, and Kinzi Jo Leon, an animal science major from Austin, won the Gold Medal in the Women’s B Doubles Division.
Additionally, Leon won the Women’s Most Improved Player Award, and Salisbury earned the Women’s Spirit of Handball Award for her competitiveness, sportsmanship and team spirit.
For the ASU men’s team, Whitley, a border and homeland security major from Tioga, won the Silver Medal in the Men’s B3 Singles Division. Logan Leto, a biology major from San Angelo, won the Silver Medal in the Men’s C1 Singles Division.
Competing against teams from 30 universities in the U.S., Canada and Ireland, the ASU Handball Club finished third in the Combined Open Division, with the ASU women’s team taking third place in the Women’s Open Division and the ASU men’s team placing fourth in the Men’s Open Division.
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