 Partnering with Neighborhood Longhorns, the Texas Iron Spikes focused on tutoring academics and coaching sports to low-income elementary school students on a weekly basis throughout the school year and quickly became the first student group to serve as ambassadors for the UT-sponsored program.In both 1994 and 1995, the University of Texas recognized the Texas Iron Spikes with the Outstanding Group Service to the Community Award.To complement their focus on volunteerism, the Texas Iron Spikes quickly gained recognition as the first and only official men’s spirit group for the University of Texas baseball team.