Portraits Texas Tech coach Matt Wells, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Monterey’s Braxton Fulford the Lone Star Varsity Hitter of the Year, Saturday, June 24, 2017, Moegle Field in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Robert Rogers, a local artist and jeweler, is the feature artist in the Lubbock Arts Festival, photographed on Thursday, March 1, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Carley Richardson, from Pampa, won the national rodeo championship with Texas Tech during the 2012 season. (Brad Tollefson/The Daily Toreador) Texas Tech’s Aubree Piper is the lone returning senior on the Texas Tech volleyball team this season. Piper has played in every set this season and leads the team in kills. (Brad Tollefson/The Daily Toreador) Texas Tech’s Tre King (24), Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Jenna Hay, from North Richland Hills, is competing in the Powerman World Champs duathlon in Zofingen, Switzerland on September 4, 2016. Powerman Zofingen has three segments, 10-kilometer run, 150-kilometer bike ride, and a 30-kilometer run. Pictured at Mae Simons Park Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Dr. Rene Saldana, Jr., an associate professor of education at Texas Tech, photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas. (HMH/Brad Tollefson) Levelland’s Nick Gerber, on the Lone Star Varsity Super Team. Photographed, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, at Main Event in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Ellie Torres, from McKinney, survived stage 4 brain cancer. After being diagnosed in Spring 2011 she returned to school in the Fall semester of 2012. (Brad Tollefson/The Daily Toreador) Monterey’s Ambry McCann is competing in the UIL state wrestling tournament. Photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Texas Tech’s Chrislyn Carr, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Dr. Patricia Trifilo the director of WBUonline, the distance learning program at Wayland Baptist University, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in Plainview, Texas. Muleshoe’s Jason Florez, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, at Main Event in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Texas Tech quarterback Nic Shimonek, Sunday, July 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Coronado’s Noah Sifrit the Lone Star Varsity Player of the Year Friday, June 9, 2017, at O’Banion Field in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Trinity Christian’s Alec Ewald a Lone Star Varsity Boy’s Basketball Super Team member. Photographed on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Altitude Trampoline Park in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Coronado’s Qua Gray and Jaylon Thomas, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at Stars and Stripes Drive-In in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Monterey’s Gabe Vega, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, at Pete Ragus Aquatic Center in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Victoria Sutton, a Texas Tech law professor, is currently in the pre-production stage of a documentary titled “The Court Martial of Apache Kid”, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Lubbock, Texas. Sutton plans to film the trial portion of the film at the National Ranching Heritage Center. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Coronado’s Qua Gray, Lubbock High’s Blake Robbins and Monterey’s Corbin Whitfield, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, at Joyland in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media] Lacey Edge, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at West Texas A&M Horse Center in Canyon, Texas. Edge has gelded more than 100 stallions with her mom since 2010 as part of Operation Gelding. (Brad Tollefson/Out Here Magazine) Sarah Schmidt outside of a building, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in Dallas, Texas. (Brad Tollefson)