Mission, Vision & History - Paul Quinn College
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Mission, Vision & History
THE MISSION OF PAUL QUINN COLLEGE IS TO PROVIDE A QUALITY, FAITH-BASED EDUCATION THAT ADDRESSES THE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS AND PREPARES THEM TO BE SERVANT LEADERS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE.
Our Ethos
Our ethos is simple:
WE over Me
. It means that the needs of a community must always supersede the wants of an individual. In the Quinnite Nation you are not allowed to be selfish. Selfish people destroy the fabric of communities. They are the root of all evil and will never be tolerated in the Quinnite Nation.
The Four L's Of
Quinnite Servant
Leadership
Our Guiding
Principles.
We call them the Four L’s of Quinnite Servant
Leadership—the foundation of who we are
and how we lead. At Paul Quinn, we believe
that all Quinnites should:
01
02
03
04
01
Leave
Places better than you found them.
02
Lead
From Wherever
you are.
03
Live
A life that
matters.
04
Love
Something greater than yourself.
Who We Are
We are one of the most innovative colleges in America. We challenge the status quo at every turn. We were founded by the African Methodist Episcopal Church during a time when the fate of formerly enslaved people hung in the balance. Today, our work is even more necessary than it was when we opened our doors in the basement of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Austin, Texas on April 4, 1872.
The Christian Philosophy of Education and the Institution’s Faith Statement communicate the College’s Christian Foundation and mission to address the academic, social and Christian development of students. As we prepare Christian men and women, we provide a balance between a challenging academic education and the building of character based on our foundational Christian beliefs and values. The Christian Philosophy of Education and the Faith Statement are published in their entirety in the College Academic Catalog and can also be viewed here:
Consumer Information.
Our mission, briefly stated, is to create change agents for the global marketplace. Our goal is to eradicate intergenerational poverty. We believe that in a country as wealthy as America, no one should live lives of scarcity. In an effort to do more than simply write about poverty, we created the Urban Work College Model. Our innovative approach allows us to provide our students with the training and resources needed to pull themselves and their families out of poverty.
The Urban Work College Model:
Provides every residential Quinnite an internship (on-and off-campus).
These internships, and the stipend they pay, reduce our students’ dependency on student loans.
Students work an average of 15 hours per week.
Allows our students to gain the real world work experience that directly translates into better employment opportunities post-college.
We aren’t the only ones who take notice of what we are doing.
President Sorrell was named one of Fortune Magazine’s World’s Greatest Leaders
HBCU of the Year
NYT called us emerging national leader
President Clinton- because PQC works the way America should work
Become part of our
History
1872
College Founding Day
Founded on April 4th by the AME Church as the Connectional School for the Education of Negro Youth.
Austin, TX
1877
Relocated to Waco
Renamed "Waco College"
Waco, TX
1880
renamed Paul Quinn
Chartered by the State of Texas and renamed Paul Quinn College.
Waco, TX
1990
Relocated to Dallas
Dallas, TX
2007
Michael J. Sorrell Named President
Dallas, TX
2010
WE / Me FARM ESTABLISHED
Dallas, TX
2011
Awarded HBCU of the Year
Dallas, TX
2015
New Urban Work College Model Established
Dallas, TX
2022
150th Anniversary
Dallas, TX
National Awards and Recognitions
Dr. Michael J. Sorrell National Recognitions
Dr. Michael J. Sorrell National Recognitions
HBCU Presidents Who Lead with Law Degrees (Lawyer Leaders) National HBCU Pre-Law Hall of Fame (2025)
Named one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine.
Only three-time recipient of the HBCU Male President of the Year Award by HBCU Digest
Listed among Time Magazine’s “31 People Changing the South.”
Recognized by
Washington Monthly
as one of “America’s 10 Most Innovative College Presidents”
Father of the Year Award from the City of Dallas
2025
2025
Women’s Volleyball Team National Champions
D CEO Magazine Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards Non-Profit of the Year Winner
U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship- Chase Brackens
2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Scholar – Dr. Jason Moore
HBCU Presidents Who Lead with Law Degrees (Lawyer Leaders) National HBCU Pre-Law Hall of Fame – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
Diverse Issues in Higher Education 2025 Outstanding Woman in Higher Education – Dr. Lola Esmieu
Silver Telly and People’s Telly Award:
Paul Quinn College $20 Million Donation Video
Platinum Hermes Creative Award:
Admissions Book
Gold Hermes Creative Award:
Travel Piece Brochure
Honorable Mention Hermes Creative Award:
Paul Quinn College $20 Million Donation Video
2024
2024
Dallas Weekly’s B.F. Darrell Education Award – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
Texas International Education Fund (TIEF) Awards – Dr. Jason Moore
D CEO Magazine Innovation Awards Finalist
Platinum MarCom Award: PQC website
Gold MarCom Award: PQC
Recruitment video
Honorable Mentions MarCom Awards: Paul Quinn
$20 Million Donation Announcement video
and
Travel Piece
Platinum Hermes Creative Award:
Paul Quinn Admissions Book
Gold Hermes Creative Awards:
Travel Piece
,
Brand Guide
, and
Recruitment Video
Paul Quinn College Ranked 6th on Numerade’s list of 50 colleges where applications are growing the fastest.
https://www.aol.com/50-colleges-where-applications-rise-140000526.html
2023
2023
2023 Silver Telly Award:
Paul Quinn College’s “Basketball Court” video
2023 Platinum Hermes Creative Award:
Paul Quinn College’s “Basketball Court” video
2023 Gold Hermes Creative Award:
Paul Quinn College 150
th
video
2023 Platinum AVA Digital Awards:
Paul Quinn College’s “Basketball Court” video
and
Paul Quinn College 150
th
video
2022
2022
USCAA National Championship – Men’s basketball team
SMU Maguire Ethics Center J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
Collin County Business Alliance: Collin County Leadership Award – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
2019-2020
2020
2020 George W. Bush Institute Trailblazer Citation Recipient – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
2019
2019 Silver Telly Award:
Paul Quinn College’s “Who We Are” video
COACH Keldrick McKinney
Email:
kmckinney@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5509
About the Coach
Coach Keldrick McKinney is a native of Dallas, Texas who enters his third year as the Head Track and Field/Cross Country Coach at Paul Quinn College. After serving one year as Associate Head Coach under the leadership of Coach Maurice West; Coach McKinney was given the opportunity by Paul Quinn’s legendary Athletic Director James “Zip” Summers.
The program has quickly grown from 3 to now 25 student athletes under the leadership of Coach McKinney. In the second year of competing at the Red River Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships, the Paul Quinn Tigers placed two athletes in the Top 10.
Coach McKinney received his bachelor’s in Kinesiology from Prairie View A&M University. After graduation he then opened a training facility where he trained hundreds of athletes. This provided the background and experience for Coach to thrive at the next level. Coach McKinney’s student-athletes not only excel on the track but also in the classroom as well. Coach McKinney’s team maintains over a 3.0 gpa.
COACH Michael Delgado
Email:
mdelgado@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5374
About the Coach
Coach Michael Delgado has been coaching at the collegiate level since 2009. He began his coaching career at Howard Payne University, shortly after starting his time there as a collegiate soccer player. He began as a student coach and after graduating with a degree in Spanish Education, became an assistant.
In 2015, Coach Delgado moved back to Dallas to form the Men’s and Women’s Soccer program at Paul Quinn College as the assistant coach and became the head coach of the Women’s team in 2017. From 2015-2021 he was also the Men’s assistant coach.
In 2021, Coach Delgado took over the Men’s program and led the team as the #3 seed (highest in school history) to the USCAA National Championship for the 3rd year in a row, with a 3rd place finish.
Coach Delgado is a Dallas native and graduated from Mesquite Poteet High School as a district MVP & All-State. He holds his Master’s degree from Concordia University in Coaching & Athletic Administration. He resides in the campus neighborhood of Highland Hills and lives daily by his motto, #AlwaysRefuse2Lose.
COACH Brandon Espinosa
Email:
bespinosa@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5516
About the Coach
Brandon Espinosa starts his fourth season as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Paul Quinn College.
Last season, Coach Espinosa and the Tigers had a historic 19 game turnaround from the previous year going from 7-25 to 26-2 (12-2 RRAC). Coach Espinosa led the 2021-2022 Tigers to the school’s first USCAA Men’s Division I National Championship and the 3rd overall national championship in school history. The Tigers also won the Red River Athletic Conference West (RRAC) regular season title for the first time since joining the conference in 1998. The Tigers finished the 2021-2022 season with the most RRAC wins and highest winning percentage in a season in program history.
The Tigers were the No. 1 seed at USCAA Nationals and had a dominant showing with 3 double digits wins. The championship game featured seven ties and ten lead changes. After trailing by four at half, 38-34, Bryant & Stratton led 67-65 with 6:33 left in the game. Henry Hampton hit a jumper a minute later to give Paul Quinn the lead to highlight a 10-0 run to seal the victory for the Tigers. Ja’Mare Redus led PQC with 18 points while Hampton finished with 17. Spencer McElway added 12, Ja’Mere Redus came off the bench and scored 11, and Steven Tynes chipped in seven points and nine assists.
While the team’s collective efforts were the deciding factor in their success, several outstanding individuals led them both on and off the court. Coach Brandon Espinosa was recognized as the USCAA National Coach of the Year. In addition, senior forward Spencer McElway was selected as a USCAA 1st Team All American, USCAA All Tournament Team and RRAC 2nd Team All Conference. Sophomore forward Trevoin Shaw was voted USCAA 1st Team All American, USCAA All Tournament Team and RRAC 1st Team All Conference. Sophomore guard Ja’mare Redus received USCAA Tournament MVP as well as USCAA 2nd Team All American Honors. Sophomore guard Torron Mingo Jr. earned the USCAA Academic All American award. Junior guard Caleb Thompson received the RRAC Champions of Character award.
During his first season with Paul Quinn, Espinosa led the Tigers to the most conference victories since 2012-2013. In addition, PQC had two players receive RRAC All Conference honors; Spencer McElway was 1st Team All RRAC and Mateo Escheik received 2nd Team All RRAC honors. McElway also joined the schools 1000-point club.
Espinosa also serves as the Director of EYBL and 17U Head Coach for Drive Nation which was founded by former NBA All-Star Jermaine O’Neal. This summer Drive Nation qualified for the 2021 Nike Peach Jam and currently has the most ESPN Top 100 ranked players in the country.
Espinosa has held coaching positions at Bossier Parish Community College, Ranger College and with the Dallas Mavericks NBA G-League affiliate, Texas Legends.
In 2016-17, while he was the associate head coach for Chris Lovell at Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier qualified for the Region 14 Championship Tournament for the first time since becoming a member of the conference. In 2017-2018 Bossier again qualified for the Region 14 Championship Tournament and finished with a record of 17-14. The 17 wins was the most for a team at Bossier in ten years.
While at Ranger College, he helped head coach Billy Gillispie orchestrate the biggest turnaround in college basketball history. During the 2015-2016 season Ranger went from 2-23 the previous year to 35-3, making the NJCAA national tournament and a Final Four appearance for the first time in the schools 90-year history.
From 2013-2015, Espinosa was an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks NBA G-League affiliate Texas Legends. Espinosa coached under Eduardo Najera, who in 2000 was the first Mexican born player to be draftedinto the NBA. During the 2013-2014 campaign the Texas Legends tied the franchise record for most wins in a season with 24. Legends guard PJ Hairston was the first G-League player ever to be drafted in the first round of an NBA draft when he was selected 26th overall by the Miami Heat in 2014.
Espinosa also served as the associate head coach for Jeff Webster and Nike Pro Skills 17U EYBL team from 2016-2018.
Espinosa is a native of Houston, Texas. He played collegiately for Dallas Christian College, where in 2010 they won the ACCA National Championship. Espinosa earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2011.
Paul Quinn did not compete in 2020-2021 due to Covid-19.
COACH Camille Smith
Email:
csmith@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5499
About the Coach
Camille Smith is in her first season at Paul Quinn College.
Smith was hired in early March and her most recent position was as an Assistant Coach for the WNBA Dallas Wings.
Prior to coaching, Smith played professionally for 10 seasons internationally and 12 seasons in the WNBA before retiring in 2019. Smith was drafted to the San Antonio Silver Stars in the 2007 WNBA Draft as the 17th Overall pick. Amid the start of the 2008 WNBA season, Smith was selected in the Atlanta Dream dispersal draft before being traded to the Seattle Storm where Smith played and won a championship in 2010! In 2015 Smith was traded to the Connecticut Sun, then to the Phoenix Mercury in 2017, where she finished her career.
Internationally, Smith played on multiple teams in Israel (2015 Israel League Champion) and China. She also played in Turkey, Limassol, Cyrpus, Ragusa, Sicily (2016 Cup Champion), Lebanon (2017 Arab Cup Champion), Montpelier, France, and Venice, Italy (2018 Euro Cup runner-up).
As a former student-athlete at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Camille graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in interpersonal communications. A four-time All-ACC selection, she finished her college career with over 1,700 points, 800 rebounds, 250 assists, and 250 steals. As a senior, Camille averaged 13.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game along with 99 steals to help the Tar Heels reach the Final Four. Camille is ranked among the top 20 all-time scorers at UNC and was named Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press following her junior year. She averaged 11.7 points and 5.5 rebounds as a junior. As a sophomore, Camille averaged 13.3 points and 8.0 rebounds in the ACC tournament, including a 23-point game against Duke in the finals. In 2004, she was named ACC Rookie of the Year and was the only freshman selected as a finalist for Kodak All-American honor. Camille became the first Tar Heel to be named first-team All-ACC as a freshman.
In high school, Camille was named Associated Press NC Player of the Year and NC Miss Basketball (Class 3A; 2003). Camille was also awarded State Player of the Year by the Charlotte Observer and NC Gatorade Player of the Year (2002 and 2003). In 2001, Camille shared AP Player of the Year honors at Carver High School and helped her team finish with a 30-0 record and State Championship. Camille is a three-time All-State Selection and averaged 20.2 points and 11.1 rebounds per game during her senior year. She holds the record of 2,168 career points during her high school career, was a McDonald’s High School All-American, and played in the 2002 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival. Camille was also named Piedmont Triad All-Conference, four years in a row, and Piedmont Triad Conference Player of the Year, three years in a row.
Camille Smith & her husband Jeremis Smith are happily married & live in the Historical Stop 6 Community.
COACH PATRICK GONZALEZ
Email:
pgonzalez@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5524
About the Coach
Coach Patrick Gonzalez is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. He has a Bachelor of Science in Sociology with emphasis in Criminal Justice from Texas Wesleyan University. He also has a M.Ed. in Sports Administration from Concordia University in Austin, Texas. He has coached volleyball for over thirteen years. He has coached on the high school, club, and collegiate level.
He currently coaches for 360 Volleyball Club in Arlington, Texas. Coach Gonzalez brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Paul Quinn College volleyball program. He served as the women’s assistant volleyball coach at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee for five seasons. While at Fisk University, Coach Gonzalez served as an Admissions Counselor and Director of International Student Services in the Office of Student Engagement. He has also worked at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and served as the Associate Director of Minority Outreach in the Office of Admissions. He most recently was selected into the Big XII Reach & Teach Volleyball Diversity Program.
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Mission, Vision & History
THE MISSION OF PAUL QUINN COLLEGE IS TO PROVIDE A QUALITY, FAITH-BASED EDUCATION THAT ADDRESSES THE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS AND PREPARES THEM TO BE SERVANT LEADERS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE.
Our Ethos
Our ethos is simple:
WE over Me
. It means that the needs of a community must always supersede the wants of an individual. In the Quinnite Nation you are not allowed to be selfish. Selfish people destroy the fabric of communities. They are the root of all evil and will never be tolerated in the Quinnite Nation.
The Four L's Of
Quinnite Servant
Leadership
Our Guiding
Principles.
We call them the Four L’s of Quinnite Servant
Leadership—the foundation of who we are
and how we lead. At Paul Quinn, we believe
that all Quinnites should:
01
02
03
04
01
Leave
Places better than you found them.
02
Lead
From Wherever
you are.
03
Live
A life that
matters.
04
Love
Something greater than yourself.
Who We Are
We are one of the most innovative colleges in America. We challenge the status quo at every turn. We were founded by the African Methodist Episcopal Church during a time when the fate of formerly enslaved people hung in the balance. Today, our work is even more necessary than it was when we opened our doors in the basement of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Austin, Texas on April 4, 1872.
The Christian Philosophy of Education and the Institution’s Faith Statement communicate the College’s Christian Foundation and mission to address the academic, social and Christian development of students. As we prepare Christian men and women, we provide a balance between a challenging academic education and the building of character based on our foundational Christian beliefs and values. The Christian Philosophy of Education and the Faith Statement are published in their entirety in the College Academic Catalog and can also be viewed here:
Consumer Information.
Our mission, briefly stated, is to create change agents for the global marketplace. Our goal is to eradicate intergenerational poverty. We believe that in a country as wealthy as America, no one should live lives of scarcity. In an effort to do more than simply write about poverty, we created the Urban Work College Model. Our innovative approach allows us to provide our students with the training and resources needed to pull themselves and their families out of poverty.
The Urban Work College Model:
Provides every residential Quinnite an internship (on-and off-campus).
These internships, and the stipend they pay, reduce our students’ dependency on student loans.
Students work an average of 15 hours per week.
Allows our students to gain the real world work experience that directly translates into better employment opportunities post-college.
We aren’t the only ones who take notice of what we are doing.
President Sorrell was named one of Fortune Magazine’s World’s Greatest Leaders
HBCU of the Year
NYT called us emerging national leader
President Clinton- because PQC works the way America should work
Become part of our
History
1872
College Founding Day
Founded on April 4th by the AME Church as the Connectional School for the Education of Negro Youth.
Austin, TX
1877
Relocated to Waco
Renamed "Waco College"
Waco, TX
1880
renamed Paul Quinn
Chartered by the State of Texas and renamed Paul Quinn College.
Waco, TX
1990
Relocated to Dallas
Dallas, TX
2007
Michael J. Sorrell Named President
Dallas, TX
2010
WE / Me FARM ESTABLISHED
Dallas, TX
2011
Awarded HBCU of the Year
Dallas, TX
2015
New Urban Work College Model Established
Dallas, TX
2022
150th Anniversary
Dallas, TX
National Awards and Recognitions
Dr. Michael J. Sorrell National Recognitions
Dr. Michael J. Sorrell National Recognitions
HBCU Presidents Who Lead with Law Degrees (Lawyer Leaders) National HBCU Pre-Law Hall of Fame (2025)
Named one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine.
Only three-time recipient of the HBCU Male President of the Year Award by HBCU Digest
Listed among Time Magazine’s “31 People Changing the South.”
Recognized by
Washington Monthly
as one of “America’s 10 Most Innovative College Presidents”
Father of the Year Award from the City of Dallas
2025
2025
Women’s Volleyball Team National Champions
D CEO Magazine Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards Non-Profit of the Year Winner
U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship- Chase Brackens
2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Scholar – Dr. Jason Moore
HBCU Presidents Who Lead with Law Degrees (Lawyer Leaders) National HBCU Pre-Law Hall of Fame – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
Diverse Issues in Higher Education 2025 Outstanding Woman in Higher Education – Dr. Lola Esmieu
Silver Telly and People’s Telly Award:
Paul Quinn College $20 Million Donation Video
Platinum Hermes Creative Award:
Admissions Book
Gold Hermes Creative Award:
Travel Piece Brochure
Honorable Mention Hermes Creative Award:
Paul Quinn College $20 Million Donation Video
2024
2024
Dallas Weekly’s B.F. Darrell Education Award – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
Texas International Education Fund (TIEF) Awards – Dr. Jason Moore
D CEO Magazine Innovation Awards Finalist
Platinum MarCom Award: PQC website
Gold MarCom Award: PQC
Recruitment video
Honorable Mentions MarCom Awards: Paul Quinn
$20 Million Donation Announcement video
and
Travel Piece
Platinum Hermes Creative Award:
Paul Quinn Admissions Book
Gold Hermes Creative Awards:
Travel Piece
,
Brand Guide
, and
Recruitment Video
Paul Quinn College Ranked 6th on Numerade’s list of 50 colleges where applications are growing the fastest.
https://www.aol.com/50-colleges-where-applications-rise-140000526.html
2023
2023
2023 Silver Telly Award:
Paul Quinn College’s “Basketball Court” video
2023 Platinum Hermes Creative Award:
Paul Quinn College’s “Basketball Court” video
2023 Gold Hermes Creative Award:
Paul Quinn College 150
th
video
2023 Platinum AVA Digital Awards:
Paul Quinn College’s “Basketball Court” video
and
Paul Quinn College 150
th
video
2022
2022
USCAA National Championship – Men’s basketball team
SMU Maguire Ethics Center J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
Collin County Business Alliance: Collin County Leadership Award – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
2019-2020
2020
2020 George W. Bush Institute Trailblazer Citation Recipient – Dr. Michael J. Sorrell
2019
2019 Silver Telly Award:
Paul Quinn College’s “Who We Are” video
COACH Keldrick McKinney
Email:
kmckinney@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5509
About the Coach
Coach Keldrick McKinney is a native of Dallas, Texas who enters his third year as the Head Track and Field/Cross Country Coach at Paul Quinn College. After serving one year as Associate Head Coach under the leadership of Coach Maurice West; Coach McKinney was given the opportunity by Paul Quinn’s legendary Athletic Director James “Zip” Summers.
The program has quickly grown from 3 to now 25 student athletes under the leadership of Coach McKinney. In the second year of competing at the Red River Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships, the Paul Quinn Tigers placed two athletes in the Top 10.
Coach McKinney received his bachelor’s in Kinesiology from Prairie View A&M University. After graduation he then opened a training facility where he trained hundreds of athletes. This provided the background and experience for Coach to thrive at the next level. Coach McKinney’s student-athletes not only excel on the track but also in the classroom as well. Coach McKinney’s team maintains over a 3.0 gpa.
COACH Michael Delgado
Email:
mdelgado@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5374
About the Coach
Coach Michael Delgado has been coaching at the collegiate level since 2009. He began his coaching career at Howard Payne University, shortly after starting his time there as a collegiate soccer player. He began as a student coach and after graduating with a degree in Spanish Education, became an assistant.
In 2015, Coach Delgado moved back to Dallas to form the Men’s and Women’s Soccer program at Paul Quinn College as the assistant coach and became the head coach of the Women’s team in 2017. From 2015-2021 he was also the Men’s assistant coach.
In 2021, Coach Delgado took over the Men’s program and led the team as the #3 seed (highest in school history) to the USCAA National Championship for the 3rd year in a row, with a 3rd place finish.
Coach Delgado is a Dallas native and graduated from Mesquite Poteet High School as a district MVP & All-State. He holds his Master’s degree from Concordia University in Coaching & Athletic Administration. He resides in the campus neighborhood of Highland Hills and lives daily by his motto, #AlwaysRefuse2Lose.
COACH Brandon Espinosa
Email:
bespinosa@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5516
About the Coach
Brandon Espinosa starts his fourth season as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Paul Quinn College.
Last season, Coach Espinosa and the Tigers had a historic 19 game turnaround from the previous year going from 7-25 to 26-2 (12-2 RRAC). Coach Espinosa led the 2021-2022 Tigers to the school’s first USCAA Men’s Division I National Championship and the 3rd overall national championship in school history. The Tigers also won the Red River Athletic Conference West (RRAC) regular season title for the first time since joining the conference in 1998. The Tigers finished the 2021-2022 season with the most RRAC wins and highest winning percentage in a season in program history.
The Tigers were the No. 1 seed at USCAA Nationals and had a dominant showing with 3 double digits wins. The championship game featured seven ties and ten lead changes. After trailing by four at half, 38-34, Bryant & Stratton led 67-65 with 6:33 left in the game. Henry Hampton hit a jumper a minute later to give Paul Quinn the lead to highlight a 10-0 run to seal the victory for the Tigers. Ja’Mare Redus led PQC with 18 points while Hampton finished with 17. Spencer McElway added 12, Ja’Mere Redus came off the bench and scored 11, and Steven Tynes chipped in seven points and nine assists.
While the team’s collective efforts were the deciding factor in their success, several outstanding individuals led them both on and off the court. Coach Brandon Espinosa was recognized as the USCAA National Coach of the Year. In addition, senior forward Spencer McElway was selected as a USCAA 1st Team All American, USCAA All Tournament Team and RRAC 2nd Team All Conference. Sophomore forward Trevoin Shaw was voted USCAA 1st Team All American, USCAA All Tournament Team and RRAC 1st Team All Conference. Sophomore guard Ja’mare Redus received USCAA Tournament MVP as well as USCAA 2nd Team All American Honors. Sophomore guard Torron Mingo Jr. earned the USCAA Academic All American award. Junior guard Caleb Thompson received the RRAC Champions of Character award.
During his first season with Paul Quinn, Espinosa led the Tigers to the most conference victories since 2012-2013. In addition, PQC had two players receive RRAC All Conference honors; Spencer McElway was 1st Team All RRAC and Mateo Escheik received 2nd Team All RRAC honors. McElway also joined the schools 1000-point club.
Espinosa also serves as the Director of EYBL and 17U Head Coach for Drive Nation which was founded by former NBA All-Star Jermaine O’Neal. This summer Drive Nation qualified for the 2021 Nike Peach Jam and currently has the most ESPN Top 100 ranked players in the country.
Espinosa has held coaching positions at Bossier Parish Community College, Ranger College and with the Dallas Mavericks NBA G-League affiliate, Texas Legends.
In 2016-17, while he was the associate head coach for Chris Lovell at Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier qualified for the Region 14 Championship Tournament for the first time since becoming a member of the conference. In 2017-2018 Bossier again qualified for the Region 14 Championship Tournament and finished with a record of 17-14. The 17 wins was the most for a team at Bossier in ten years.
While at Ranger College, he helped head coach Billy Gillispie orchestrate the biggest turnaround in college basketball history. During the 2015-2016 season Ranger went from 2-23 the previous year to 35-3, making the NJCAA national tournament and a Final Four appearance for the first time in the schools 90-year history.
From 2013-2015, Espinosa was an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks NBA G-League affiliate Texas Legends. Espinosa coached under Eduardo Najera, who in 2000 was the first Mexican born player to be draftedinto the NBA. During the 2013-2014 campaign the Texas Legends tied the franchise record for most wins in a season with 24. Legends guard PJ Hairston was the first G-League player ever to be drafted in the first round of an NBA draft when he was selected 26th overall by the Miami Heat in 2014.
Espinosa also served as the associate head coach for Jeff Webster and Nike Pro Skills 17U EYBL team from 2016-2018.
Espinosa is a native of Houston, Texas. He played collegiately for Dallas Christian College, where in 2010 they won the ACCA National Championship. Espinosa earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2011.
Paul Quinn did not compete in 2020-2021 due to Covid-19.
COACH Camille Smith
Email:
csmith@pqc.edu
|
Phone:
214-379-5499
About the Coach
Camille Smith is in her first season at Paul Quinn College.
Smith was hired in early March and her most recent position was as an Assistant Coach for the WNBA Dallas Wings.
Prior to coaching, Smith played professionally for 10 seasons internationally and 12 seasons in the WNBA before retiring in 2019. Smith was drafted to the San Antonio Silver Stars in the 2007 WNBA Draft as the 17th Overall pick. Amid the start of the 2008 WNBA season, Smith was selected in the Atlanta Dream dispersal draft before being traded to the Seattle Storm where Smith played and won a championship in 2010! In 2015 Smith was traded to the Connecticut Sun, then to the Phoenix Mercury in 2017, where she finished her career.
Internationally, Smith played on multiple teams in Israel (2015 Israel League Champion) and China. She also played in Turkey, Limassol, Cyrpus, Ragusa, Sicily (2016 Cup Champion), Lebanon (2017 Arab Cup Champion), Montpelier, France, and Venice, Italy (2018 Euro Cup runner-up).
As a former student-athlete at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Camille graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in interpersonal communications. A four-time All-ACC selection, she finished her college career with over 1,700 points, 800 rebounds, 250 assists, and 250 steals. As a senior, Camille averaged 13.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game along with 99 steals to help the Tar Heels reach the Final Four. Camille is ranked among the top 20 all-time scorers at UNC and was named Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press following her junior year. She averaged 11.7 points and 5.5 rebounds as a junior. As a sophomore, Camille averaged 13.3 points and 8.0 rebounds in the ACC tournament, including a 23-point game against Duke in the finals. In 2004, she was named ACC Rookie of the Year and was the only freshman selected as a finalist for Kodak All-American honor. Camille became the first Tar Heel to be named first-team All-ACC as a freshman.
In high school, Camille was named Associated Press NC Player of the Year and NC Miss Basketball (Class 3A; 2003). Camille was also awarded State Player of the Year by the Charlotte Observer and NC Gatorade Player of the Year (2002 and 2003). In 2001, Camille shared AP Player of the Year honors at Carver High School and helped her team finish with a 30-0 record and State Championship. Camille is a three-time All-State Selection and averaged 20.2 points and 11.1 rebounds per game during her senior year. She holds the record of 2,168 career points during her high school career, was a McDonald’s High School All-American, and played in the 2002 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival. Camille was also named Piedmont Triad All-Conference, four years in a row, and Piedmont Triad Conference Player of the Year, three years in a row.
Camille Smith & her husband Jeremis Smith are happily married & live in the Historical Stop 6 Community.
COACH PATRICK GONZALEZ
Email:
pgonzalez@pqc.edu
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Phone:
214-379-5524
About the Coach
Coach Patrick Gonzalez is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. He has a Bachelor of Science in Sociology with emphasis in Criminal Justice from Texas Wesleyan University. He also has a M.Ed. in Sports Administration from Concordia University in Austin, Texas. He has coached volleyball for over thirteen years. He has coached on the high school, club, and collegiate level.
He currently coaches for 360 Volleyball Club in Arlington, Texas. Coach Gonzalez brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Paul Quinn College volleyball program. He served as the women’s assistant volleyball coach at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee for five seasons. While at Fisk University, Coach Gonzalez served as an Admissions Counselor and Director of International Student Services in the Office of Student Engagement. He has also worked at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and served as the Associate Director of Minority Outreach in the Office of Admissions. He most recently was selected into the Big XII Reach & Teach Volleyball Diversity Program.
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