On the Track

Temitope Adeshina won her 3rd national title in the high jump and had an UNDEFEATED season for Texas Tech, in both outdoor and indoor seasons. That’s absolutely amazing and congrats to Adeshina!

2026 Indoor 🏆
2026 Outdoor 🏆
Undefeated Season ✅ pic.twitter.com/A78zftpJhl

— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) June 14, 2026

On the Diamond

Red Raider Sports’ Shelby Hillard on the commitment of the No. 1 pitcher in the transfer portal, Jayden Heavener:

Heavener entered college as the No. 2 overall recruit in the 2024 class and quickly lived up to the hype earning Freshman All-America honors in 2025 after posting a 13-5 record with a 2.75 ERA, striking out 152 batters across 119.2 innings.

Coming into the season on USA Softball’s Player of the Year watch list in 2026, the Florida native went 13-9 with a 2.81 ERA and 128 strikeouts in 139.1 innings. While known to at times be “effectively wild”, Heavener’s numbers are remarkably consistent and impressive for an underclassmen playing in the SEC.

Hilliard also on the commitment of Purdue outfielder Moriah Polar:

The Pearland, Texas native led the nation with a .555 batting average while setting Purdue’s single-season hits record with 101. She added 14 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 47 RBI and 32 stolen bases, earning First Team All-Big Ten recognition and a spot on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team.

On the Gridiron

Sportico’s John McCann is a good writer and writes what at lawsuit by Texas Tech against the Big 12 would look like and what defending that lawsuit would look like. This is pretty down the middle and trying to determine what each side of the litigation would entail. Via the link below from The Athletic, something might happen today, but it would be difficult to enforce or stipulate something when Sorsby has not played a down for Texas Tech.

ESPN’s Matt Miller and Jordan Reid with the top 5 players at each position in preparation for the NFL Draft. Terrance Carter, Jr. is in the group with tight ends, Cash Cleveland and Sheridan Wilson are with the center group, A.J. Holmes, Jr. with the defensive tackles, and Ben Roberts with the linebackers.

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The Athletic’s Ralph D. Russo, Justin Williams and Chris Vannini “inside” the Big 12’s Brendan Sorsby fallout:

There were no threats of specific penalties, but the group did get across that Texas Tech could face consequences if it played the quarterback.

Before going down that road, Big 12 lawyers needed to pore over conference bylaws to determine what is allowable and, maybe more importantly, what actions would be most likely to withstand the inevitable legal challenges by Texas Tech. The bylaws state the conference can sanction a member if a “supermajority of disinterested directors” — 12 of the 15 schools, excluding Texas Tech — determines that school “engaged in any action or a course of conduct materially adverse to the best interests of the Conference taken as a whole.”

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On Thursday, the Big 12 took the next step in its methodical process, with Yormark meeting with the Big 12’s executive board, a subset of university leaders chaired by Kansas chancellor Douglas Girod, with Kansas State president Richard Linton as vice-chair and BYU’s Shane Reese as secretary, to explain what conference bylaws allow before the full board of the league’s presidents and chancellors is convened Monday.

Meanwhile, what the Big 12 suspected was made clear. The office of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, which by state law represents Texas Tech in court, backed up Campbell’s threats with a warning letter to the Big 12 about taking unlawful actions against the school. Jeffrey Kessler, Sorsby’s lawyer, sent a similar letter.

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When the Big 12 presidents meet on Monday, there is no indication that Yormark will present a proposal to be voted on, though he is expected to poll them on possible steps.

“Our discussions with the full Board will determine our course of action, and all options remain on the table,” Yormark said Thursday.

Several ADs said their presidents are in lockstep that something needs to be done. A person familiar with Yormark’s thinking said getting alignment in the conference is paramount.