Lifetime achievement for law Horned Frog

Dwain Dent '73, founder of The Dent Law Firm in Fort Worth, received a special honor this fall. In September, he was inducted into the St. Mary's Law School Hall of Fame, including a portrait hanging. A 1976 grad of the program, Dent accepted the honor to recognize his career achievements in law. He was named a top attorney and Trial Lawyer of the Year in Fort Worth, Texas magazine in 2012 and selected as St. Mary's Law School Distinguished Graduate. He's also be a finalist for Trial Lawyer of the Year for the Public Justice League of Washington, D.C.

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A little Coach P!

Reader Clinton Admire of Mansfield shared this photo of his 2-year-old son, Wyatt, who dressed as Coach Patterson for Halloween. With a belt and Velcro shoes, we're guessing he didn't do a lot of pant-hitching and retying his kicks, but we think he has the look of a winner!

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Frog spirit at Austin City Limits

The quartet of Frog fans celebrated the TCU football team's win over Kansas while attending the Austin City Limits music festival last weekend. From left, Nate Hamontree '10, Mitzi (Jones) Hale '81, Brittany Benditz '11 ('13) and Marie Jones '85.

Thanks for maintaining that TCU spirit in the city that likes keeping things weird. 


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Purple pride at Pier 1 Imports

With purple shirts and frog hand signs, TCU spirit is not in short supply at the Fort Worth offices of Pier 1 Imports! A throng of Horned Frogs from four decades (plus a TCU parent) took time to pose for this photo on Go Purple Friday to show off their support for the Frogs. 

Among the Horned Frogs displaying their TCU pride were: 

Sharon Leite, TCU parent
Angie Harker Cotton '85
Debbie Brown Firestone '90
Tiffany Osborn Barclay '93
Jennifer Thomas '94
Amy Cox Mosteiro '94
Aimee Smith Heimer '97
Shonda Pearson Jobe '98
Russ Phillips '98
Julie Duran '99
Susan Melhart Hudson '99
Tiffany White '99 and '04
Andrea Rodriguez Garcia '00
Krista Selman '00
Duc Pham '00
Masae Naruse Hardwick '01
Jennifer Engstrand '02
Mimi Johan '03
Megan Nolasco Wills '03
Samantha Singleton Workman '03
Kaleena Kristinek Fenno '04
Jaclyn Wilbur Gordon '04
Ron Cason '05
Tiffany Vann Hayden '07
Matt Johnson '07
Lindsay Keller Torlincasi '09
Bridget Tiernan Carruthers '09
Lacey Riley '09
Justin Grice '10
Katelyn Fischer '11
Kaley Bamsch '12

GO FROGS!


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Seven studly sons!

Meet the Bates boys — all seven of them! 

Ranging in age from 6 to 3, including a set of twins and a set of triplets, they have enough to spell out GO FROGS, which they did on t-shirts that they wore at the SMU game this weekend. Left to right, they are Tyler, 6, Blake, 4, Luke, 3, Grant 4, Caleb 5, Carter 4, and Matthew, 5.

The boys come from two Horned Frog families: brothers Tim Bates '03 (MBA '08), married to Emily, and Tom Bates '01 and his wife Jennifer '02. 

Tim and Emily have three of the boys Matthew and Caleb, who are twins, and Luke. Tom and Jennifer have four: Grant, Blake and Carter, who are triplets, and Tyler. 


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Discovering mascot pride in West Texas

Chris Harrison '00 discovered this handsome critter at the Price Thomas Ranch in Post, Texas, last week. 

While it's illegal in Texas to capture Texas horned lizards (unless for scientific purposes), it is okay to photograph them. Feisty and fierce, our mascot remains a source of pride for all TCU alums.

Harrison is the vice president and director of business development for McKnight Title Co. in Fort Worth. 


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Time for Frog spirit in Dallas

There's a baker's dozen Horned Frogs working at Fossil Inc. in Dallas, and last week on Purple Friday, they showed off their TCU spirit before the big game against LSU. 

Pictured on the front row (left to right) are Corley Roberts '08, Lara Beth Levy '09, Monique St. Pierre '12, Ellen Kammer '12, Courtney Wood '12. On the back row are Lauren Hampton '10, Anna Kate Watson '10, Addison Moss '10, Jaime Norris '99, Sarah Wetzel '08, Jarrett Shaffer '12, Melissa Styles '02, Justin Paxton '12. 

With foam fingers and jerseys and even a purple sombrero, the Fossil crew took time to flash their frog sign and urge their coworkers to "Fear the Frog."


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