TJC’s Black Student Association aims to uplift people of color and create a safe space for students who value equity and growth. Their organization has helped Black students find community for 17 years.
President...
Kylie Lisenby, Multimedia Journalist
• April 23, 2026
From the sound of laughter and echoing voices to the clack of pool balls and the hum of kitchen appliances, the Baptist Student Ministry is rarely still. Since its founding in 1941, students...
Trevor Barnard, Multimedia Journalist
• December 4, 2025
A gray couch sits in the middle of a Lindale back road. Fall trees are covering the road as a reminder of the season change. Logan Hale sits confidently on his couch, smile on his face, and a camera set...
At the Tutoring Center in TJC’s Vaughn library, Sherry Towns greets every student with a smile, one shaped by decades of connection with the campus she calls a home away from home.
“I actually started...
Through the years, the adolescent crawl of curved and crooked dribbles soon evolved into clear, deliberate paths. Straight, tapering, swooping – each movement more refined than the last. The soccer...
What began as a playful routine soon became a dream in the making for TJC’s soccer player, Anna Powell of Fremantle, Australia. Guided by her father and her family’s deep love for sports, Powell discovered...
The hazy morning light touches a glistening pitch. The air is laden with a fragrant veil of wet, waxy dew. Here in the early hours when many are found nestled in a delicate whispering of sleep, one can...
By the time Anna Gabriella Pinto Saboia — known to teammates as Gabi or simply Saboia — steps onto the soccer field, she’s already carrying more than cleats and shin guards. She brings with her the...
Whether born or made, leaders inspire others to turn the impossible into possible. That’s how Monica Bottley, the starting point guard on TJC’s women’s basketball team, leads both on and off the...
Torn between two sports she loved, Cynthia Chidiebere Adamu, freshman striker from Austria and Nigeria, had to make one choice when she was 7 years old: To hold a racket or to kick a ball. Two completely...
Growing up in a home where soccer was always present, Gabi Hislop knew from the start soccer would be part of her life. It quickly became her passion and her driving force behind her goals on and off the...
At Tyler Junior College, the soccer field has become a place full of flags, languages and culture. A new team has come together, bringing not only unique stories but also fresh energy to the game. The...
