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College Station, Texas -- The Texas A&M womens basketball team announced that Alyssa Michalke (Schulenburg, Texas), who was the Commander of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets in 2015-16, has been added to the roster as a walk-on. Michalke was the first female to be Corps Commander in its 140-year history.I am thrilled to be able to add Alyssa to our team, said Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair. She has a real passion for the sport of basketball, and her experience in the Corps gives her great leadership skills that she will bring to the team. We already had 11 players on our roster, so she is truly our 12th Man.Michalke, who was Corps Sergeant Major as a junior, was a member of the Ross Volunteers and the O.R. Simpson Honor Society while in the Corps. She was the Most Outstanding Freshman and Most Outstanding Sophomore for her company and her brigade. In addition, she played on the Corps softball team and was a player-coach for the Corps basketball squad.Alyssa Michalke is a leader in every aspect of her life, said Brigadier General Joe Ramirez (U.S. Army-Ret.), Commandant of the Corps of Cadets. Whether leading cadets as the first female Corps Commander at Texas A&M, leading in the classroom, or leading on the basketball court - she excels at all that she does, and knows how to inspire others to follow her lead.She is a tireless worker and a standard setter in all that she does, and she strives to be the best in every endeavor that she undertakes - including sports, added Ramirez. She is the kind of leader who leads by example and instills confidence in all who work with her. She is a superb leader, an exceptional student, and an outstanding athlete. She is one of our very best who will go on to great success in all that she does in the future.Michalke is an Ocean Engineering major, who is a member of Omega Epsilon - the National Honor Society for Chemical Engineering, the Texas A&M Marine Technology Society (MTS), and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).In addition, Michalke has been involved with Sports for Kids - a Texas A&M student organization that encourages involvement in youth sports.A four-sport athlete at Schulenburg High School, Michalke was a Texas Girls Coaches Association 2A All-State selection and District 28-2A MVP as a senior in 2012. She was a two-time all-district selection in basketball, helping Schulenberg to a regional semifinal appearance in 2012, and district championships her junior and senior year, as the Ladyhorns lost only one district game during those two seasons. 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Doyle Alexander Blue Jays Jersey . Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot. SAN DIEGO -- As the innings mount, Paul Clemens fastball diminishes.That problem arose again Tuesday when the Boston Red Sox beat Clemens and the San Diego Padres.He has a precipitous drop off in velocity, Padres manager Andy Green said. Hes at 94-95 (mph) in the first three innings then its 86-91 in the fourth and fifth.While the Padres scuffled the Red Sox were clicking. Jackie Bradley Jr. and Chris Young homered and Clay Buchholz pitched 6-plus solid innings.Buchholz (6-10) was making his first start since Aug. 23 as his last three appearances came out of the bullpen. Working exclusively from the stretch, Buchholz allowed a run, eight hits and struck out six in facing the Padres for the first time.Clemens was starting against the Red Sox for the first time as well. And at first, he looked good. Then the batters got another look at him and Clemens turned passive.Ive just got to be more aggressive, he said. I feel like Im right there, about to turn the corner and get into the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. But then I have a hiccup.Green said its imperative Clemens finds the answer to his declining velocity.If he cant, then hell be working out of the bullpen, Green said. But he has the stuff.Clemens said its more about his head than his right arm.I think its mental, he said. I just took my foot off the pedal.The Red Sox lead the majors in runs but had scored just once in their past two games, both losses. Previous to that in three straight wins, they had collected 35 runs.Neither team scored in the first three innings or in the last four. But the Red Sox notched five runs in the middle innings for their 16th win in their last 25 games.The Padres threatened in the seventh, when Oswaldo Arcia and Luis Sardinas singled. But Buchholz struck out pinch-hitter Jon Jay and Travis Jankowski before being relievved by Matt Barnes to face Wil Myers.dddddddddddd. Barnes got Myers to expand outside the zone for another strikeout to quell the rally.Joe Kelly, the third Red Sox reliever, pitched the ninth.Boston chased Clemens in the fifth when he wasnt able to record an out. Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts and Hanley Ramirez hit consecutive singles, with Ramirezs scoring Bogaerts. Youngs RBI grounder made it 5-1.Clemens (2-5) was charged with five runs and nine hits over four innings. He struck out three and walked three in dropping his third straight start.Ryan Schimpf snapped an 0-for-15 skid when he hit a fourth-inning homer, his 17th, to pull the Padres within 3-1.In the fourth inning, just after pitching coach Darren Balsley paid his starter a visit, Bradley smashed a two-run homer, which scored Sandy Leon who opened the inning with a bunt single. Young extended Bostons lead to 3-0 when he went back-to-back with Bradley, hitting his eighth homer and second in two games.Thats a good lineup, Clemens said. They dont miss mistakes.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: RHP Steve Wright got a second opinion on his sore right shoulder on Tuesday, which confirmed there was no structural damage and that he is suffering from bursitis. Manager John Farrell said theres no timetable for Wrights return.Padres: Activated Jay (fractured right forearm) from the 60-day DL.UP NEXT:Red Sox: LHP David Price (14-8, 3.92) caps the three-game series in San Diego. Price has a five-start winning streak and has allowed but eight runs in 35 innings over that span.Padres: RHP Jarred Cosart (0-2, 5.14) has allowed one earned run or less in four of his six Padres starts since coming over in a seven-player trade with Miami in July. ' ' '