Kimberly Lecomte | Photo by James Barrington, Art Instiutional
Kimberly Lecomte
#10
Classification: Freshman
Position: Center field
Major: Secondary Education
Hometown: Boerne, Texas
Middle name: Michelle
No. of siblings: 2
Dream job: Pro Softball Player
Favorite Food: Cheese Enchiladas
Comedian: Dane Cook
Random Fact: Born in Marietta, Georgia
If you were to play another sport at WT what would it be?: Basketball
Saying: “Set your goals high, and don’t stop til you get there.”
Favorite WT Softball Moment
“That’s a tie. Either: 1) Hitting a homerun my first at bat or 2) Team picture day on …

Meredith Keller
Multimedia Editor

Faculty Member of the Week: Head of Communication Disorders, Dr. Howard Wilson. from The Prairie on Vimeo.

PHOTO BY RIK ANDERSON | ONCE UPON A TIME: Dr. Trudy Hanson educates the students in her storytelling and puppetry course to capture kids’ attentions through lively and interactive performances of children books. These students are also members of the Panhandle Storytelling Guilde that performs for chidren at various libraries and schools.
Amanda Garcia
Photographer
Theologian Harvey Cox once said, “All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by.”  For …

The Prairie traveled to Dallas for the 100th annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) convention on April 10, 2009. There are 61 colleges and universities currently in TIPA, with 55 represented at this year’s convention.
The Prairie received awards for their work in nine distinctive categories—special edition, in-depth reporting, feature story, sports page design, sports feature photo, general column, ad design, editorial and editorial cartoon.
The convention consisted of breakout sessions that covered various topics.  In these sessions, seasoned journalists gave students …

PHOTO BY LAURA PRINSEN
Tammy Luksich
Sports editor
WTAMU baseball could not seem to find its rhythm as they battled Southwestern Oklahoma on April 10-11 at the Dilla Villa.
The Buffs finished the weekend 1-3,  losing games one and two by scores of  8-1 and 16-2, and winning game three, 9-8. Game four of the series was cancelled due to rainy conditions. The Buffs improve to 19-26 overall record, (12-23 LSC).
During game one of the series, Savage Storm’s defense seemed to be too much …