UTSA guard Christian Tucker – photo gallery

Christian Tucker of UTSA men's basketball playing against Florida Atlantic on Jan. 19, 2023, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
Christian Tucker of UTSA men’s basketball playing against Florida Atlantic on Jan. 19, 2023, at the Convocation Center.
Christian Tucker of the UTSA men’s basketball team is a sophomore from Gilbert, Ariz.

The 6-foot-3 guard has started his last six games in a row. He is averaging 4.2 points and 1.3 assists per game.

Tucker played in 24 games as a freshman and averaged 3.6 points and 1.2 assists.

UTSA guard Isaiah Addo-Ankrah – photo gallery

Isaiah Addo-Ankrah of UTSA men's basketball playing against Prairie View A&M on Nov. 22, 2022, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
Isaiah Addo-Ankrah of UTSA men’s basketball playing against Prairie View A&M on Nov. 22, 2022, at the Convocation Center.
Isaiah Addo-Ankrah of the UTSA men’s basketball team is a junior from Houston.

The 6-foot-7 guard is averaging 7.4 points in 16 games this season including 10 starts. He is shooting 28-of-89 (36.3 percent) from 3-point range.

Addo-Ankrah played in 20 games last season, made five starts and averaged 5.2 points. He played in six games as a freshman and averaged 1.8 points.

Former Missions invited to Padres’ spring training

San Antonio Missions starter Aaron Leasher pitched six innings and got the win in Saturday's victory over the Midland RockHounds at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions left-hander Aaron Leasher pitching at Wolff Stadium.
The San Diego Padres on Wednesday announced the players not on their 40-man roster who have been invited to major league spring training.

The list includes several players who have recently been with the San Antonio Missions, including:

– Moises Lugo, right-handed pitcher

– Matt Waldron, right-handed pitcher

– Aaron Leasher, left-handed pitcher

– Juan Fernandez, catcher

– Chandler Seagle, catcher

– Taylor Kohlwey, outfielder

– Tirso Ornelas, outfielder

Padres prospects to watch for on San Antonio Missions

Former Arkansas star Kevin Kopps pitched the ninth inning for the San Antonio Missions on Saturday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Former Arkansas star Kevin Kopps, pitching in relief for the San Antonio Missions in September 2021, is one of the San Diego Padres’ top 30 prospects.
The San Diego Padres are just days away from opening 2023 spring training at their Cactus League headquarters at the Peoria Sports Complex in the Phoenix area.

The current San Antonio Missions roster, which will see changes between now and their Texas League opener on April 6, shows five players listed as Padres prospects:

Top 30 prospects (with 2022 rankings):

No. 9 Korry Howell OF/INF

No. 13 Jackson Wolf LHP

No. 14 Joshua Mears OF

No. 24 Kevin Kopps RHP

No. 25 Alek Jacob RHP

The Padres also have four players listed on their Class A+ (High A) roster. These players could make their way up to Double-A San Antonio in the near future:

No. 11 Noel Vela LHP

No. 15 Garrett Hawkins RHP

No. 19 Ryan Bergert RHP

No. 28 Brandon Valenzuela C

The official San Antonio Missions roster is here:
milb.com/san-antonio/roster

The Padres’ Triple-A team is the El Paso Chihuahuas. Their roster is loaded with former San Antonio Missions players:
milb.com/el-paso/roster

UTSA guard Hailey Atwood – photo gallery

Hailey Atwood of UTSA women's basketball playing against UAB on Dec. 31, 2022, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
Hailey Atwood of UTSA women’s basketball playing against UAB on Dec. 31, 2022, at the Convocation Center.
Hailey Atwood is a 5-foot-8 guard for the UTSA women’s basketball team.

The senior from Austin Bowie High School averaged 3.8 points and 2.9 rebounds through 20 games of this season. She scored a season-high 12 points on Thursday against Western Kentucky.

Atwood played in 27 games as a junior at UTSA after spending two seasons at Blinn Junior College.

UTSA guard Kyra White – photo gallery

Kyra White of UTSA women's basketball playing against Charlotte on Jan. 14, 2023, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
Kyra White of UTSA women’s basketball playing against Charlotte on Jan. 14, 2023, at the Convocation Center.
Kyra White is a 5-foot-9 guard for the UTSA women’s basketball team.

The junior from Converse Judson High School in the San Antonio area was a three-time all-state player.

Now a junior, White went to USC out of high school and transferred to UTSA ahead of this season. She averages 6.9 points per game and leads the Roadrunners with 4.3 assists per game. White is one of only two UTSA players to start in all 20 games so far this season.

UTSA guard Sidney Love – photo gallery

Sidney Love of UTSA women's basketball playing against UAB on Dec. 31, 2022, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
Sidney Love of UTSA women’s basketball playing against UAB on Dec. 31, 2022, at the Convocation Center.
Sidney Love of the UTSA women’s basketball team is a freshman from Cibolo Steele High School in the San Antonio area.

The 5-8 guard was all-district as a senior at Steele and scored 1,300 points in her high school career.

Love is third on UTSA in scoring with 8.9 points through 20 games and is second in assists with 2.0 per game.