In case you missed it, Texas Longhorns athletics had a very busy month in August, beginning with current and former athletes participating in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.
August 1st, 2nd and 3rd
August began with current and former Longhorn athletes earning medals in the Olympics. The University of Texas was well-represented in swimming, with multiple athletes winning medals in Paris.
https://twitter.com/TexasMSD/status/1819082692627255470
https://twitter.com/TexasWSD/status/1819106922819154135
Then the current and former Longhorn track and field athletes began to earn medals in the Summer Olympic Games.
https://twitter.com/TexasTFXC/status/1819808892676895055
https://twitter.com/TexasTFXC/status/1819817426671820965
https://twitter.com/TexasTFXC/status/1819825534064353701
August 4th, 6th and 7th
Former Longhorns golfer Scottie Scheffler won gold in Paris.
https://twitter.com/TexasMGolf/status/1820122403957334123
Former Longhorn basketball star Kevin Durant becomes the all-time leading scorer in U.S. Olympic history.
https://twitter.com/usabasketball/status/1820939896833368313
The Texas Longhorns track and field program continued to have former and current Longhorns earn medals in Paris.
https://twitter.com/TexasTFXC/status/1821284962168930716
August 8th, 9th, and 10th
The Texas Longhorns Track and Field program continues to be very proud as more former and current Longhorn track and field athletes continued to earn medals in the Summer Olympic games.
https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1821630080638238869
Former Longhorn Durant helps lead team USA basketball to a semifinals victory over Serbia to advance to the Gold Medal game.
https://twitter.com/usabasketball/status/1821654599142666354
One of the Texas men’s volleyball coaches helped the USA men’s volleyball team earn a bronze medal in the Summer Games.
https://twitter.com/TexasVolleyball/status/1821957075368300823
Durant, nicknamed Captain America, plays a pivotal role in the USA men’s basketball win over France to capture the Gold Medal.
https://twitter.com/TexasLonghorns/status/1822394005566468349
August 11th, 12th, and 13th
Chiaka Ogbogu is a professional volleyball player and former Longhorn athlete. She helped the USA women’s volleyball team to a silver medal.
https://twitter.com/TexasVolleyball/status/1822610573164441631
Former Texas baseball player Chase Shugart got called up to pitch for the Boston Red Sox and pitched in his first game on the road against Baltimore.
https://twitter.com/TexasBaseball/status/1823136856470421982
The Texas Longhorns athletic department, with their former and current athletes, took home 17 Olympic medals from the Paris Summer Games.
https://twitter.com/TexasLonghorns/status/1823379230211625444
August 14th and 15th
The Texas Women’s soccer team got a ton of preseason love with them being ranked second in the SEC and ranked No. 4 in the country according to TDS preaseason poll.
https://twitter.com/TexasSoccer/status/1823753623722975329
The Texas Athletic Department announced that Durant and the Phoenic Suns will be playing a game at the Moody Center in February against the Spurs.
https://twitter.com/TexasLonghorns/status/1824207859594244196
August 18th, and 19th
The Longhorns women soccer team gets a shutout victory over Cal State Bakersfield.
https://twitter.com/TexasSoccer/status/1825263567903322507
The Texas women’s volleyball team was ranked No. 1 in the country according to the AVCA preseason poll.
https://twitter.com/TexasVolleyball/status/1825567814146527438
August 20th and 22nd
The Texas Longhorns athletic department announced their 2024 Athletics Hall of Honor Class, which includes 12 former coaches and/or athletes.
https://twitter.com/TexasLonghorns/status/1825941499739255288
Texas and Texas A&M announced the new sponorship for their rivalry series now that both teams are in the SEC conference now.
https://twitter.com/TexasLonghorns/status/1826659286573015141
August 26th
First day of classes for the University of Texas students for the 2024-25 school year.
https://twitter.com/TexasLonghorns/status/1828056581503869171
Three out of the last four years, the Texas Longhorns have won the prestige Directors Cup.
https://twitter.com/UTAustin/status/1828150610287374347
The men’s basketball team was awarded the Bevo Cup for their work as student athletes.
https://twitter.com/TexasLonghorns/status/1828227175935307798
August 28th and 29th
The season opener with Colorado State is right around the corner as the Texas Longhorns host the Rams for the first game of the season.
https://twitter.com/TexasFootball/status/1828900135985615271
Uniform reveal for Saturday’s game against Colorado State.
https://twitter.com/TexasFootball/status/1829244307087237183
August 30th
Famous and well-known Longhorn football fans and alums are excitied for Texas season opener.
https://twitter.com/McConaughey/status/1829549650405466367
https://twitter.com/TexasFootball/status/1829597690852003941
The wait is almost over before Texas begins their football season against Colorado State.
https://twitter.com/TexasFootball/status/1829521909249089945