Student-Organized Paintball Team Ranks Fourth in Nation
January 5, 2010
The two teams placed first and fourth at the University of North Texas Open.
Written by Erin Hawes
After two recent competitions, the paintball team is ranked fourth out of 71 teams in the nation.
The Texas Tech student-organized Paintball Team is on a roll recently after excelling in two competitions.
The group, split into two teams, placed first and fourth at the University of North Texas Open in November in Allen and placed fourth and sixth at the University of Texas Open in October in San Marcos.
After the University of Texas Open, organization president Cameron Culver, said improvement was a must for the University of North Texas Open.
“We knew that our next event was only three weeks away so we only had two weekends of practice leading up to it,” Culver said. “We wanted both teams to do better.”
Culver said nobody expected the second line to win first place in the Open.
“We were really proud after our second team received first place,” he said.
After these two competitions, the team currently ranks fourth in the nation out of 71 teams.
Members of the paintball team include:
- Cameron Culver - Allen
- Chase Reeves - Grandview
- Brandon Griffin - Grandview
- Boback Parsaei - League City
- Brian Honekamp - Tomball
- Jared Sheldon - Kingwood
- Eddie Falcon - Andrews
- Nathan Edwards - Keller
- Raul Mazariegos - Garland
- Kade Thetford - Arlington
- Clark Gulsby - Houston
- Hutton Evans - Big Spring
- Travis Boltz - Sugar Land
- Mitchell Marshall - Longview
- Allen Chambers - Colleyville
- Kyle Pace - Fort Worth
- Alan Aragon - Richardson
- Austen Brown - Richardson
- Justin Reese - Lubbock
- Alex Yoang - Lubbock