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Archive for June, 2010
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Things are looking up for NAU women’s basketball
So far, the off-season for Coach Laurie Kelly has been good. Really good. The head coach for the women’s basketball program at Northern Arizona University is on a roll. She had her contract renewed, got a new assistant coach who played professionally, brought in a nationally-ranked recruiting class, and has a schedule that is friendlier [...] -
Freshman of the Year says she’s done with ASU golf
One of Arizona State’s rising young golf stars has decided she has accomplished enough in one year to be able to move on to the next level. Jennifer Johnson’s star shot across the desert sky, lighting up the Sun Devils’ women’s golf program by earning Freshman of the Year honors and finishing runner-up in the [...] -
Pat Tillman to get on-field salute during Nov. 13 game
It has been six years since Pat Tillman died while serving his country, but the sports accolades haven’t stopped. The former All-American linebacker for Arizona State, killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in April of 2004, was selected just months ago to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a member of [...] -
Hardt, Todd top Tribune’s list of best HS track athletes
Jasmine Todd and Sherod Hardt were just selected by the East Valley Tribune as its high school Track Athletes of the Year among schools in the East Valley. But they would just as easily qualify as two of the best in the state. The nice thing about the award selections made the the Trib staff [...] -
GCU basketball teams getting a new 5,000-seat home
Bob Machen worked for the Phoenix Suns for 37 years and was very involved in the construction of US Airways Center where the Suns play. He also had a hand in the construction of Chase Field, where the Diamondbacks play. Now he’s sharing what he learned to help Grand Canyon University build the centerpiece of [...] -
ASU harvests good crop of wrestlers in coach’s 2nd year
Shawn Charles is preparing for just his second season as Arizona State’s wrestling coach, but he thinks he has the foundation in place to begin taking the Sun Devils back to prominence. Charles, who replaced Thom Ortiz last season after his eight years at the helm, came from the University of Missouri, where he was [...] -
High above the Valley, late honors roll in for HS athletes
School’s been out for a month, but up in Arizona’s high country, prep track athletes are still pulling down big honors. Brian Shrader, who just graduated from Sinagua High School in Flagstaff, was just named the Gatorade Arizona Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year. The premier distance runner who won four state championships [...] -
The future of football at UofA is rapidly taking shape
Things are still percolating down in Tucson, as football players come and go at the University of Arizona. With the 2010 recruiting class well in hand, head coach Mike Stoops and his staff have been busy working on the future. The Wildcats 2011 class seems to be picking up bodies on a weekly basis and [...] -
GCU basketball player scores rare double honor
You could see it coming. Samantha Murphy began showing signs of the basketball success that was to come way back in her freshman year at Xavier Prep in Phoenix. The 5’8″ guard, who just wrapped up her junior year at Grand Canyon University on the west side of Phoenix, has been honored in a way [...] -
AZ college softball players tour with USA Softball
Five college softball players from Arizona have been living the dream this summer. Four players from the University of Arizona and one from Arizona State were selected last month to the 2010 USA Softball Women’s Futures National Team. The prestigious team is made up of athletes who currently play, or have played, at 13 different [...]
