The NCAA Record

August 17, 1998

Iowa State selects Eustachy as head coach

Iowa State has named Larry Eustachy head men's basketball coach, succeeding Tim Floyd. Floyd resigned to become director of basketball operations for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.

Eustachy has spent the last five seasons as head coach at Utah State. In route to a 98-53 record at the school, Eustachy earned Big West Conference coach-of-the-year honors. He also led Utah State to the conference championship slot in 1995 for the first time in 15 years. Prior to his tenure at Utah State, Eustachy led the program at Idaho from 1990 to 1993. He also has served as an assistant coach at Ball State, Utah, Idaho, Mississippi State and Citrus (California) Junior College.

Collegiately, Eustachy played basketball at Citrus Junior College for two seasons before transferring to Long Beach State where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education. He also holds a teaching certificate from Azusa Pacific.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Donald S. Stanton announced plans to retire as president at Oglethorpe, effective June 30, 1999 ... Frederick P. Whiddon, president at South Alabama, announced retirement plans, effective September 30.

FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE

Mississippi College named Anita Gowin faculty athletics representative, succeeding Sid Moller, who was named interim dean of the law school. Gowin is chair of the department of foreign languages.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Ed Grom selected as interim athletics director at Missouri-Kansas City, replacing Lee Hunt, who retired, effective July 1. Grom was assistant athletics director at the school ... Colorado-Colorado Springs chose Ruben "Randy" Cubero as interim athletics director. Cubero, who replaces Theo Gregory, most recently was an athletics administrator at Air Force ... Dana Craft appointed interim athletics director at Southwest Texas. Craft has been associate director of athletics at the school for the past 17 years ... Eugene Marshall, athletics director at Staten Island, resigned.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORSOF ATHLETICS

Southern Mississippi promoted David Bounds and Rick Villarreal to associate athletics director. Bounds was assistant athletics director and Villarreal was director of football operations ... Regina Sullivan selected as associate athletics director at UC San Diego, replacing Marilyn Hill.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORSOF ATHLETICS

Mark Perdue promoted to assistant athletics director for sports medicine at South Carolina-Spartanburg. Perdue had been head athletic trainer ... East Tennessee appointed Ann Brett Gillespie assistant athletics director for marketing and promotions ... Earl Mathewson accepted the position of assistant athletics director for operations at Quinnipiac. Mathewson has been director of athletics operations and equipment at the school since 1996 ... Ed Atlas hired as assistant athletics director for sports information at Tennessee State ... North Carolina-Charlotte's Mark Colone resigned as assistant athletics director for marketing and public relations to become vice-president for marketing and public relations at Signature Sports Group, Inc., a sports marketing agency.

COACHES

Baseball--Mike Maack named head coach at Tennessee Tech. Maack, who succeeds 25-year veteran David Mays, has been an assistant coach at Tennessee for the past two seasons ... Rutgers-Newark added Stan Hyman as head coach. Most recently, Hyman has been head baseball coach, associate athletics director and sports information director at Albright ... Steve Trimper, assistant coach at Vermont for the past four seasons, chosen as head coach at Manhattan, where he also will fulfill responsibilities as director of marketing for athletics ... Olivet hired Edward Uschold as head coach. Uschold, who was an assistant baseball coach at Manchester in 1997-98, also will be an assistant football coach responsible for receivers ... Jeff Holm selected as head coach at Millikin.

Baseball assistants--Jim Ricklefsen promoted to top assistant at Lamar, replacing Brian Biggers. Ricklefsen has been an assistant on the staff since last season ... Lebanon Valley appointed Francis "Fran" White assistant coach ... New Orleans volunteer coach Jay Artigues left to assume the head coaching post at Bossier Parish (Louisiana) Community College ... Jacksonville announced the resignation of Rusty Green, assistant head coach. Green has been with the school since 1990 and served as top assistant for the past three years ... Greg Brummett, a former Major League Baseball pitcher, chosen as full-time pitching coach/assistant coach at North Carolina-Charlotte. Brummett replaces Matt Criss.

Men's basketball--Ted Fiore selected as head coach at Montclair State. Fiore's most recent coaching stint was with St. Peter's during the 1994-95 season ... Hawaii-Hilo appointed Jeff Law interim head coach for the 1998-99 season. Law has been an assistant coach with the program ... Rick Duckett resigned as head coach at Fayetteville State to become head coach at Winston-Salem State ... Charlie Brock resigned as head coach at Trinity (Texas) after nine seasons to assume head coaching duties at Springfield ... Metro State hired Mike Dunlap as head coach. Dunlap served as interim coach at the school during the 1996-97 season ... Michael Rossi named head coach at Centenary. Rossi currently serves as an assistant professor of education, political science and history at the school.

Men's basketball assistants--Philadelphia Textile added Joe Burke as an assistant coach, succeeding Bill Lange. For the past two seasons, Burke has worked as an assistant coach at Bishop Eustace Prep in Pennsauken, New Jersey ... Brian Ayers announced as an assistant at Belmont, succeeding Howard Pride. Ayers most recently spent two seasons as the restricted-earnings coach at Vanderbilt ... Kyle Roane accepted the assistant coaching position at Southern Mississippi ... Loyola Marymount named John Schweitz assistant coach ... Saint Michael's added Mike Plansky as an assistant coach. Plansky, who served as a graduate assistant coach at Iowa for the past two seasons, succeeds Bernie Cieplicki ... Metro State chose John Peterson and Brandon Hays as assistant coaches.

Women's basketball--Mankato named Ann Walker head coach. Walker has been an assistant coach at Creighton for the past three years ... Olivet selected Audrey Seymour as head coach. Seymour has been assistant women's basketball coach and assistant softball coach at Ferris State for the past three seasons ... Bridgeport head coach Harvey Herer resigned ... Jeannette Yeoman announced as head coach at Cortland State. Yeoman has been head women's basketball coach at Alfred for the past four seasons and senior woman administrator for the past two years ... Kentucky Wesleyan appointed Scott Lewis head coach ... Carolyn Guyton hired as head coach and assistant to the athletics director for academic support at Christopher Newport. Guyton, who succeeds Cathy Parson, spent last season as head coach at Bethel Christian School in Hampton, Virginia ... Canisius added Mike Decillis as head coach. Decillis, head coach at Nazareth since 1984, replaces Kara Rehbaum ... Lori Flaherty selected as head coach at Saginaw Valley State.

Women's basketball assistants--Cal State Northridge chose Karon Howell as assistant coach. Howell has been head girls' varsity coach at Marlborough (California) High School for six seasons ... Canisius added Michelle Collins as an assistant coach for the 1998-99 season ... Brad Rustan and Noelle Braunschweiger selected as co-assistant coaches at Wichita State. For the past nine seasons, Rustan has been head girls' coach at Bozeman (Montana) High School and Braunschweiger has worked as an assistant coach at Metro State for the past two seasons ... Southeastern Louisiana chose Rena Reed-Pierre as assistant coach ... Mary Bolton and Janice Felder hired as assistant coaches at Southern Mississippi ... Chicago appointed Lindsey Kabat as assistant coach. Kabat has been an admissions officer at Lake Forest College since July 1997 ... Tiffany Smith named assistant coach at Coppin State. Smith was an assistant at Florida Southern last season ... Tulsa added Mendy Benson and Kimberly Wilson Jenkins as assistant coaches. Benson is a 1997 graduate from Oregon and Jenkins spent last season as an assistant at New Mexico State ... Kelly Bond hired as assistant coach at Providence.

Men's and women's cross country--Bill Hodge returned as head men's and women's track and cross country coach at Robert Morris after resigning July 1 ... Lycoming announced George Camp as head coach ... Amy Ritzman selected as head men's cross country coach at Saint Michael's. Ritzman, who replaces Zaf Bludevich, has been a volunteer assistant coach with the program during the past year ... Karen Lutzke chosen as head men's and women's cross country and women's track coach at Olivet. From 1990-98, Lutzke was head women's cross country coach and assistant track coach at Michigan State ... Bryan Delsite appointed head women's cross country and track and field coach. Delsite has been an assistant coach with the program for the past two years.

Field hockey--Saint Michael's promoted Karen Okun to head coach. Okun, who succeeds Anne Adams, has been top assistant coach with the program for the past eight seasons.

Field hockey assistants--Brown added Tara Harrington and Margaret Henrick as assistant coaches ... Kara Silberg selected as assistant field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at Bowdoin.

Football--Tom Gibboney, head coach at Juniata, resigned, effective August 14.

Football assistants--Mike Clark and Steve Radocaj joined Lycoming as assistant coaches ... Canisius named Rich Milano offensive line coach, Rob Gross wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, Bill Hewitt as mentor for running backs, Mark DiRienzio as quarterbacks and tight ends coach and Chris Carlson as defensive secondary coach ... Rick Humphreys hired as outside linebackers coach. Since 1996, Humphreys has been defensive coordinator at Episcopal (Florida) High School ... Joe Opalenick and Guido Falbo added as assistant coaches at California (Pennsylvania) ... Northern Illinois named Matt Canada running backs coach ... Josh Kline accepted the defensive ends coaching post at Susquehanna. Last season, Kline was an assistant coach at the high-school level ... Butler added Kit Cartwright as offensive coordinator replacing Matt Canada. The school also hired Robert Lee as an assistant coach, succeeding Ott Hurrle ... Maine Maritime selected Rich Ruffing as secondary coach, David Clausen as quarterbacks coach, Chip Wilson as outside linebackers coach, Chad Wilson as defensive line coach and Tony Mottola as wide receivers coach. Mottola also will assist in coordinating the offense ... Millsap offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coach Pat Roberts hired as a scout for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League ... Michael J. Cerasuolo appointed full-time assistant coach at Alfred. Cerasuolo most recently served as offensive coordinator at Lebanon Valley ... Illinois College chose Matthew Entz as defensive line and inside linebackers coach and John Fayocavitz as secondary and outside linebackers coach. Entz also will serve as women's indoor track coach and Fayocavitz also will be head baseball coach at the school ... West Virginia promoted Mike Kerin to director of football operations. Kerin has been assistant administrator for football at the school since 1988.

Men's and women's golf--Sam Gealy announced as men's and women's golf coach at Catawba ... Washington State appointed Walt Williams men's and women's golf coach ... Joni Stephens hired as women's golf coach at Eastern Kentucky ... Denver selected Rick Collier as men's golf coach for 1998-99. The school is scheduled to begin Division I golf competition this year ... Paul Smolinski hired as men's golf coach at UC Irvine. Smolinski has been a golf professional for the past nine years ... Samford selected Paula Floyd head women's golf coach.

Men's and women's golf assistants--Stacey Kolb Totman announced as assistant coach at Texas Tech ... Mary Moan accepted the women's golf assistant coaching position at Florida.

Women's gymnastics--Vermont head coach John Court resigned after three years to become an assistant women's gymnastics coach at Arizona.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistants--Lake Superior State named Michael Collins associate hockey coach, replacing Paul Jerrard, who resigned. Collins has been head coach/director of hockey operations for the Amarillo Rattlers of the Western Professional Hockey League for the past two seasons ... Andrew Poska chosen as assistant hockey coach at Bowdoin ... Lebanon Valley appointed Derek Lalonde assistant men's and women's ice hockey coach. The school is scheduled to begin competition this season ... Chris Wells announced as assistant coach at Western Michigan. Wells, who succeeds Bill Watson, has been an assistant coach at Colgate for the past four seasons.

Men's lacrosse--Rick Sowell assumed the head coaching post at Dartmouth ...J. B. Clarke hired as head coach at Washington (Maryland), succeeding John Haus, who was named head lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins. Clarke has been an assistant coach at Loyola (Maryland) ... Denver announced Jamie Munro as head coach. Munro, who succeeds Brion Salazar, has been Yale's top assistant and recruiting coordinator since 1991 ... Scranton named Warren Breig head coach, replacing John Fayocavitz, who resigned. Breig has been an assistant coach at the school for five years.

Women's lacrosse assistant--Linda Ohrin appointed assistant coach at Tow-son, succeeding Ashley Duncan. Ohrin has been assistant women's lacrosse coach at Georgetown for the past three seasons.

Men's and women's crew/rowing--David Neal resigned as head coach at Rollins.

Women's crew/rowing assistants--Sean Tobin and Wendy Wisehart added as assistant women's rowing coaches.

Men's and women's soccer--Eileen Blair selected as head women's coach at Montclair State... Carson-Newman appointed Derek Green head women's soccer coach ... Brian Crookham hired as head men's soccer coach at Metro State. Crookham also is coordinator for athletics compliance, eligibility and academic services for the school ... John Murphy, assistant men's soccer coach at Brown for the past three seasons, named head men's soccer coach at Assumption. Murphy succeeds Peter Gardula, who relinquished head coaching responsibilities after being promoted to assistant athletics director ... Ryan Lakin appointed director of men's and women's soccer at Millikin ... Len Mercurio accepted the head men's soccer coaching position at Rhode Island College. Mercurio replaces John Tomlinson ... Catawba announced Craig Turnbull as men's soccer coach ... Steve Allison resigned as men's and women's head soccer coach and assistant women's lacrosse coach to become full-time director of coaching for the Greensboro Soccer Club, a post he has held in a part-time capacity since 1994.

Men's and women's soccer assistants--Derek Niepomnik named assistant women's soccer coach at Cincinnati ... Ray Leone selected as associate head women's soccer coach at Clemson ... Jessica Reynolds chosen as assistant women's soccer coach at Temple ... Anna Madigan hired as assistant women's soccer coach at Lycoming ... Illinois-Chicago chose Oleg Vatchev as men's assistant soccer coach. Vatchev was head men's soccer coach at Aurora last season ... Shannon MacMillan appointed men's and women's assistant coach at Portland. MacMillan, who has been a member of the U. S. women's national soccer team since 1995, will continue to play with the national squad ... Philadelphia Textile named Tom Ciolko assistant men's coach, succeeding Jim Andrews. Ciolko has been a head soccer coach on the high-school level since 1989.

Softball--Troy Abbey resigned as head softball and volleyball coach at Colorado College ... Olivet announced James Knight as head coach. Knight has most recently been softball and boys' basketball coach at the high-school level.

Softball assistants--Sara Griffin hired as assistant coach at Arizona State ... Amy Miner and Joe Verbanic added as assistant coaches at San Diego State ... Rhode Island College announced Kimberly Menkavitch as assistant softball coach, succeeding Christine Haigh.

Men's and women's swimming and diving--James Donoghue selected as head coach of men's and women's swimming and diving at Saint Michael's. Donoghue succeeds Dave Leonard, who resigned ... Niagara hired Russell Scherwitz as head men's and women's swimming and diving coach. Scherwitz replaces Mike Skowronski, who resigned ... Pat Hawes announced plans to retire as head swimming and diving coach at Saint John's (Minnesota) after 25 seasons. Hawes will continue as head soccer coach and take on additional responsibilities managing facilities and promotions for the athletics department ... Connecticut named John E. Bransfield diving coach. Bransfield most recently served as men's and women's diving coach at Army ... Towson added Pat Mead as head men's and women's swimming coach, succeeding Ray Riordan. Mead was men's and women's assistant coach at Delaware ... Jon Howell named head men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Emory. Howell has been an assistant at Clemson for the past two seasons.

Men's tennis--Jack Thompson named head coach at Catawba ... Brown appointed Jon Choboy head coach. For the past two seasons, Choboy has been an assistant coach at Florida ... UC San Diego head coach Brian Turner resigned after four seasons.

Women's tennis--Colin Crothers joined Appalachian State as head coach ... Marist named April Quigley head coach.

Men's and women's track and field--Alfred's Gary Aldrich resigned as men's and women's track and field/cross country coach ... Greg Hinze selected as track and field and cross country coach at Sam Houston State ... Richard T. Secrest appointed head men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field coach at Bethany (West Virginia). Secrest has been an assistant at West Virginia for the past three seasons.

Men's and women's volleyball--High Point named Jennifer Guzi head coach, succeeding Teresa Faucette ... Carrie Broomfield chosen as head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan. Broomfield, an assistant volleyball coach at the school last season, replaces Wick Colchagoff, who resigned to take a similar position at Findlay ... Plattsburgh State promoted Dena Kelly to head women's coach, succeeding Lisa Vicencio, who will assume the position of assistant athletic trainer after taking a leave of absence. Kelly has been an assistant wom-en's coach at the school for the past three years ... Peter Cosmiano hired as head women's coach at Millsaps, replacing Shannon Carlson, who moved to Pittsburgh ... providence named Ken Nichols head coach. Nichols, who succeeds Karen Mendes, served as interim head coach during the 1997 season ... Perry Robinson added as head women's coach at Carson-Newman ... Duquesne selected Steve Opperman as women's head coach for the 1998-99 season. For the past seven years, Opperman has been head coach at Wright State ... Olivet appointed Dennis Richardson head women's coach ... Miriam Ochoa announced as head coach at Central Florida, where she has been a member of the coaching staff for three seasons.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants--Creighton added Melissa Batie and Teri Miller as assistants ... Jen Hastings named assistant coach at Rhode Island College, replacing Carleen Roy ... Southern Mississippi hired Chris Laird as assistant coach ... Heidi Brady selected as an assistant at Providence.

STAFF

Academic services--Texas Tech chose David Flores as academic counselor. For the past year, Flores has been interim program coordinator and program advisor ... Ashley Moore selected as athletics academic advisor at Campbell ... Southern Mississippi named Ann Carr academic counselor for athletics.

Academic services assistants--Kellianne McCoy chosen as academic advising intern at Drexel. McCoy is a 1998 graduate of Villanova ... George Washington appointed Kelly Cleary academic support assistant. Cleary most recently was an internship program assistant at Marymount University (Virginia).

Assistant athletic trainers--Scott Gardner and Jennifer Moyer added as assistant athletic trainers at Ohio, succeeding Sue Hammond and Leslie Broucker ... Southern Mississippi announced Deborah Huff as assistant athletic trainer ... Bill Currie and Marianne Aston hired as assistant athletic trainers at Southern Methodist, replacing Kathy Rainey and Brandon Lawshe ... Alfred named Brenda Shockey assistant athletic trainer ... Miguel Rueda announced as assistant to the head athletic trainer at Towson ... Colorado College added Cindy Endicott as a full-time member of the sports medicine staff ... Jolene Miller accepted the assistant trainer position at Campbell ... DeAnn Koehler named assistant women's athletic trainer at Texas.

Business manager--Rick Jensen appointed business manager at Metro State.

Compliance--Tim Holt promoted to compliance coordinator at Campbell.

Equipment manager--Western State chose Barry Schroeder as interim equipment manager/events coordinator. Schroeder succeeds Geoff Auslen, who resigned.

Assistant equipment managers--Brown promoted Joe Austin to head equipment manager. Austin has been assistant equipment manager at Brown for the past three years ... Troy Jepsen appointed assistant equipment manager at Towson ... Southern Mississippi selected Marty Windham assistant equipment manager.

Marketing/promotions/public relations -- New Mexico chose Nikkie Epley as assistant director of marketing, community and public relations. Epley was assistant director of marketing at the Missouri Valley Conference ... Bill Richter named coordinator of marketing and promotions. Richter has been assistant athletics director for marketing at Drexel for the past two years ... Pittsburg State hired Tommy Riggs as marketing and promotions director, succeeding David Herbster. Riggs has been a student assistant in the school's marketing and promotions office for the past year ... Kristen Bernert selected as assistant marketing director at Ohio State.

Media relations assistants--Claire Faculjak chosen as associate director of athletic media relations at Texas Tech. Faculjak has been assistant sports information director at Southern Methodist for the past three years and replaces Michelle Borland ... Cris Perkins accepted the assistant media relations director post at Southern Mississippi ... Jon Fuller and Bethany McClam added as sports media relations graduate assistants at Temple.

Operations--Derek McLean selected as director of operations for the athletics department at Campbell.

Recreational sports--Vermont named Gregg R. Bates director of recreational sports after serving in an interim capa-city since March 1998. The school also announced Kurt D. Klier as recreational sports coordinator.

Sports information--Jim Horten accepted the sports information director position at Jacksonville. Horten was assistant sports information director at Middle Tennessee State for six years ... Mark Owens chosen as sports information director at Middle Tennessee State, succeeding Ed Given, who is retiring after 15 years in the position. Owens has been associate media relations director at Memphis for the past seven years ... Ohio State named Gerry Emig director of athletics communications ... Manish Mehta selected as coordinator of publications at Pennsylvania. Mehta most recently served a two-year stint with Princeton's office of athletics communications ... Diana Sabau appointed manager of publications and graphic design at Ohio State ... Metro State hired Steve Allen as sports information director. Allen was associate sports information director at Purdue for eight years ... Jill Skotarczak chosen as sports information director at Marist ... Virginia Commonwealth appointed Mike May sports information director and director of media services.

Sports information assistants--Cara Rosson and Dane Petersen added as assistant sports information directors at Virginia Commonwealth ... Pittsburg State named Tyson Goos sports information intern ... Jeff Weiss announced as assistant sports information director at Bowling Green ... Rochester Institute of Technology chose Stephen Jaynes as assistant sports information director ... Cornell hired Jeremy Kniffin as assistant director of athletics communications. The school also selected Marjorie Adams as athletics communica-tions intern ... Wendi McLendon-Pruett resigned as assistant sports information director at North Carolina State.

Strength and conditioning--Roy Hinchman hired as strength and conditioning coach at Montclair State ... Towson added Dean Aresco as head strength and conditioning coach.

Strength and conditioning assistant--Kent named Tasha Weddle assistant strength and conditioning coordinator.

Ticket manager--Shawna Potts announced as ticket manager at Montana State.

AGREEMENTS

The Collegiate Licensing Company announced it will exclusively represent all nine campuses of the University of Texas system. Collegiate Licensing Company, a full-service licensing representative, is the oldest and largest licensing representative in the nation whose memberships include the NCAA and more than 160 colleges, universities, bowl games and athletics conferences.

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has reached an agreement with the Division II Athletics Directors Association to serve as administrator of the association. This is the fifth association NACDA administers. Among the others is the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD), which elected Carol Oakland, director of athletics development at Augustana (South Dakota), as president for 1998-99.

CONFERENCES

The Northeast Conference selected Ronald Ratner as assistant director for communications and championships.

The Southwestern Athletic Conference named Lonza Hardy associate commissioner, LaRita Greer assistant commissioner for championships, Harold Clark assistant commissioner for administration, Patrick Carter assistant commissioner for compliance and Smita Parikh assistant commissioner for finance.

Jon Martin announced as director of media relations at the North Central Conference.

Conference USA hired Matt Lloyd as assistant director of information services. For the past year, Lloyd has been direc-tor of media services for the Arena Foot-ball League.

Eric Goodwin and Gail Wilkins added as communications assistants for the Big East Conference.

America East assistant director of communications Mike Hirschman resigned to become director of public relations for the Asheville (North Carolina) professional hockey team of the United Hockey League.

Eric Harmon chosen as supervisor of men's basketball officials for the Mid-American Conference. Harmon has officiated NCAA Division I men's basketball for 32 years and has supervised basketball referees in the Mid-Continent Conference since 1990 and the Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference since 1989.

ASSOCIATIONS

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named Lee McElroy, director of athletics at American, to chair the Sears Directors' Cup Committee. He replaces Elaine Dreidame, senior associate director of athletics at Dayton. NACDA also named Jude Killy as an administrative assistant. Killy had been an intern with the association in 1996-97.

The NCAA Division II College Commissioners Association announced the following officers for the 1998-99 year: Don Landry, Sunshine State Conference, president; Tom Brown, Great Lakes Athletic Conference, vice-president; Kurt Patberg, Northern Sun Conference, secretary-treasurer.

NATIONAL OFFICE

Jane Jankowski selected as public information coordinator II. Jankowski most recently served as public affairs officer for Allied Signal.

Shane Lyons, senior membership services representative and coordinator of interpretations, appointed associate athletics director for compliance at Texas Tech, succeeding Bob Burton, who resigned. Lyons has been with the Association since 1989.

NOTABLES

The Big South chose Holly Deem, Liberty, and Corey Reed, Radford, as winners of the Christenberry Award presented to a male and female student-athlete with the highest grade-point average who graduated from a member institution. Deem, a nursing major, was Liberty's first track GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American. Reed, a chemistry major, garnered 1998 first team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American honors as a basketball player.

Brad Wilkerson named 1998 Rotary Smith Award winner. Wilkerson, a pitcher and outfielder at Florida, is the school's career leader in batting average, runs, home runs and RBIs.

Following are the John R. Wooden Award Preseason All-America Team top 25 candidates: Elton Brand, Duke; Lenny Brown, Xaiver; Louis Bullock, Michigan; Brian Cardinal, Purdue; Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State; Ed Cota, North Carolina; Vonteego Cummings, Pittsburgh; Baron Davis, UCLA; Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut; Evan Eschmeyer, Northwestern; Richard Hamilton, Connecticut; Tony Harris, Tennessee; Tim James, Miami; Jumaine Jones, Georgia; Trajan Langdon, Duke; Arthur Lee, Stanford; Todd MacCulloch, Washington; B. J. McKie, South Carolina; Andre Miller, Utah; Lee Nailon, Texas Christian; Scott Padgett, Kentucky; Ryan Robertson, Kansas; Jason Terry, Arizona; Kenny Thomas, New Mexico; Tim Young, Stanford.

CORRECTIONS

Eugene McCabe's position at Washington and Lee was listed incorrectly in the August 3 issue of The NCAA News. He is assistant men's lacrosse coach and also will serve as assistant football coach.

DEATHS