Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Texas State
NCAA Division I · Pac-12 · TX
Every mark below belongs to someone Texas State actually signed for 2025-26 — including 6 international signees — 21 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
Texas State is a 34,547-student public campus in San Marcos, TX and competes in the Pac-12. John Frazier leads a staff of 9 covering 5 event groups.
Median = the middle signee’s PR. Range = fastest to slowest mark they signed. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks are shown as 1600m/3200m equivalents. Aggregated from verified meet results.
Inside the Texas State program
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Pac-12
- Campus
- San Marcos, TX
- Enrollment
- 34,547 students
- T&F operating budget
- $1.2M men · $1.5M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for Texas State
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- John FrazierDirector of Track and Field/Cross Country - Throwing EventsThrows
- Kendall FilipAssociate Head Coach - Jumps/MultisMultis
- Aries MerrittAssistant Coach - Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysSprints & Hurdles
- Calie SpencerAssistant Coach - Pole VaultJumps
- Jake SmithAssistant Coach - DistanceDistance
- Michael HermesAssistant Coach - Sprints/HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
- Ramirez, NatalieDirector of Operations/Throws Assistant CoachThrows
- Randal GrizzleAssistant Coach - Cross Country/DistanceDistance
- Simon ThorAssistant Coach - Jumps/MutlisJumps
Verified contact details for every Texas State coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Texas State's 2025-26 class
16 of the 21 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 5 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: TX · CA
+ 2 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: TX
+ 2 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 16 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
Texas permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Texas NIL rules →
More Pac-12 recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Texas State recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Texas State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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