CLASS NOTES

Class N�tes

’72,MARK TROSTLE, B.S. in general agriculture, has been named vice president of global regulatory affairs for Concentric Ag Corporation. Trostle is an expert in federal, state and international regulations for crop inputs. He most recently directed global registrations and regulatory affairs for Nutrien Retail, where he managed federal and state pesticide registration; state registration of fertilizer, plant nutritional, seed and adjuvants; and international pesticide, plant nutritional and adjuvant registration in 60 countries. Prior to joining private industry, he spent more than 31 years in various positions at the Texas Department of Agriculture.

’84,MICHELE STEVENS, M.B.A., was promoted to executive vice president of marketing and advertising for First Financial Bancshares. Stevens joined First Financial in 1985 and served the company in various marketing, public relations and training roles for five years. She rejoined First Financial in 2000, serving in an operations capacity until 2003 when she began her leadership role in marketing and advertising. She was promoted to senior vice president of marketing and advertising in 2006.

’92,DR. TOD ALLEN FARMER, B.A. in business administration, was selected president of Weatherford College. Farmer became chief of staff to Tarleton President F. Dominic Dottavio in August 2017. Prior to that, he served as head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Farmer joined Tarleton in 2006 following a successful career with the Springtown Independent School District.

’94,TODD ALEXANDER, B.A. in exercise and sports studies, has been named head football coach at Waxahachie. He is in year 21 with the Waxahachie Independent School District, where all but the last two years were spent as a football coach at either the junior high or high school. During his time as a football coach, Alexander served as an offensive coordinator and, most recently, the running game coordinator in 2015. ’96,CLINT ASKINS, B.A. in education, was named superintendent of Miles Independent School District. An educator for more than two decades, he previously served as director of special education at Floresville ISD. Originally from Big Spring, Askins has been a principal at school districts in Mason, Veribest and Junction.

’01,JEREMY MUELLER, B.S. in exercise and sports studies, has been named head baseball coach at Midland High School. Mueller comes from Class 4A Taylor where he spent the last five seasons. In that span he went 106-45 and led the Ducks to the playoffs each year, reaching the area round three times. In his 12 seasons as a head coach, Mueller has compiled a record of 217-106.

’02,CHRIS JOSLIN, B.A. in physical education, is the new athletic director and head football coach at Coahoma High School. For the past two years, he has been the offensive assistant football coach for the Rockdale High School Tigers. Joslin was an assistant at Big Spring for 10 years prior.

’03,THEODORE CLEVENGER, B.A. in education, was named principal of Teague High School. Clevenger came to Teague from Normangee where he served as both high school and middle school principal for four years.

’03/’11, JOE ALCORTA, M.S. in education and ED.D.,

was selected Dalhart Independent School District Superintendent. Alcorta, worked in the Abilene ISD for 26 years, most recently executive director of human resources. He also served as the district’s director of personnel and was principal at Mann Middle School, Wylie Intermediate School and Wylie High School. He began his career in Abilene in 1992 as a computer literacy teacher.

’04,MARVIN WILLIAMS, M.S. in human resources management, has been appointed vice president of property management for MidPen Housing Corporation in California. Williams leads more than 250 employees and oversees all aspects of property operations including lease-ups, training, facility maintenance and financial performance. With nearly 20 years of experience, he most recently worked for Progress Residential in Arizona where he successfully directed operations for a portfolio of 23,000 homes across 14 states.

’04,LEE ALLEN TIPTON, B.S. in criminal justice, was promoted to deputy chief of police with the Conroe Police Department. He joined the department in 2004. Tipton also worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and for the Onalaska Police Department.

’05,ED HUSK, M.ED., is Cleveland Texas Independent School District Principal of the Year. Principal at Northside Elementary School, he has been with Cleveland ISD for five years.

’06,JEROD WOMACK, M.ED., was named athletic director for the Stephenville Independent School District. For the past three years, he has served as athletic director and head football coach at Jim Ned High School in Tuscola.

’07,ADAM CRAWSHAW, B.S. in criminal justice, is a partner in his law firm, Crawshaw & Simpson, PLLC in San Antonio, Texas. Crawshaw graduated from Appalachian School of Law in 2010. Crawshaw practices criminal defense, DWI defense, and select civil litigation all across Texas. Crawshaw has handled cases in over 40 Texas counties and has tried over 20 cases to a jury. He is a member of the Top 100 National Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board Member), and the San Antonio Bar Association. He is licensed to practice in Texas and Federal Court for the Western District of Texas. Crawshaw is married to Lauren Crawshaw, and they have one daughter.

’07,DAVID MANLEY, M.ED., has been chosen assistant superintendent of instructional leadership services for the Killeen Independent School District. Manley is a 31-year veteran educator who served as a teacher, coach, principal and executive director overseeing schools. He has served Killeen ISD as executive director of secondary leadership since July 2015. During 2014-15, he served as executive director of athletics for the district after having served three years as principal of Harker Heights High School.

’07,AMY VILLASENOR, B.S. in kinesiology and exercise science, was promoted to head track coach at Laredo United High School. Her promotion came after one season as assistant coach for the Lady Longhorns. She was a three-time state medalist at Sanford-Fritch High School and earned a track scholarship to Tarleton to become a five-time All-American in the 400-meter hurdles and part of the 1,600-meter relay team.

’08,MARY PERKINS, M.ED., is the new principal at Breckenridge Junior High School. She has been the principal at Gilbert Intermediate School with the Stephenville Independent School District since July 2014. Before that, she was the assistant principal at Mineral Wells High School and assistant principal at Travis and Lamar elementary schools in Mineral Wells. She also taught sixth grade and first grade in Mineral Wells. ’09, ALLISON MOORE, B.S. in agricultural services and development, was chosen Gilmer High School Teacher of the Year. She graduated from Tarleton as the Outstanding Agricultural Services and Development Graduate with high honors after completing her student teaching at Gilmer. Moore started her teaching career at Daingerfield High School as an agricultural science teacher, returning to Gilmer in 2010.

’10,JAMES ROGERS, B.S. in kinesiology, is the new head coach of the Keiser University volleyball team. Prior to coming to Keiser, Rogers spent a season as the head coach at Southeastern Community College. He also coached at NCAA Division II Salem International for three years, two as head coach. A League City native, Rogers has spent more than 12 years coaching in the national level club circuit, serving as a college recruiter for more than five volleyball organizations.

’10,COREY HICKERSON, M.B.A., was named principal at Buffalo Texas High School. He joins Buffalo after serving as principal at Rice High School. He served as a principal at Blooming Grove Elementary for a year and was an assistant principal at Life High School in Waxahachie for two years. Before becoming an administrator, Hickerson was a teacher and coach for five years. He taught and coached at Rowlett, Arlington-Bowie and Corsicana.

’14,BRENT BIBLE, B.A. in business administration and management, has joined Farmers and Merchants Bank as vice president of the Eastland Banking Center. Bible will use his banking and market knowledge to help grow consumer and business relationships for Farmers and Merchants.

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