Thurmond promoted to head men's coach

Matt Thurmond was promoted to head men's golf coach at Washington. Thurmond replaces O.D. Vincent, who resigned to pursue a professional golf career.

For the past year, Thurmond has served as Washington's assistant men's and women's golf coach. Before joining the program at Washington, Thurmond fulfilled assistant coaching responsibilities at Brigham Young during the 1999-00 season.

Thurmond was a four-year letter-winner for the Brigham Young men's golf team from 1993 through 1999. In 1994, Thurmond was named Western Athletic Conference freshman of the year. He also was team captain in 1998 in addition to earning Western Athletic Conference and national scholar-athlete honors.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Jon E. Quistgaard was named as president at Bemidji State. Quistgaard has been vice-president for academic and student affairs at the school ... Bridgewater State President Adrian Tinsley announced retirement plans, effective June 2002 ... Case Western Reserve appointed James W. Wagner as acting president. Wagner serves as provost and vice-president at the school ... Richard S. Millman resigned as president at Knox, effective September 1. Millman will continue at the school as a professor of mathematics.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

St. John's (New York) selected David Wegrzyn as vice-president for university development and athletics, effective July 1. Wegrzyn, who replaces Ed Manetta, has been associate vice-president for alumni relations and development at the school ... Iona named Shawn Brennan as director of athletics, effective July 1 ... Chuck Lindemenn, athletics director at Montana State, announced retirement plans, effective July 1. Lindemenn has guided the program since August 1995 ... Florida Southern elevated Lois Webb to director of athletics, replacing Mike Roberts. Webb was head women's volleyball coach for 24 years and was appointed assistant athletics director in February 2001 ... Mike Karabin was appointed as interim athletics director at Toledo, replacing Pete Liske. Karabin has been serving as senior associate athletics director for external operations ... Charles Cavagnaro announced plans to retire as athletics director at UNLV at the end of the 2001-02 academic year. Cavagnaro has served as athletics director since August 1, 1995.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

Iona named Jamie Fogarty as senior woman administrator.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
OF ATHLETICS

North Carolina-Asheville named Pat Bryant as associate athletics director for marketing, development and promotions to succeed Jimmy Wilder. For the past five years, Bryant has been an assistant men's basketball coach at the school, and he served as associate head coach during the past season ... St. John's (New York) elevated Kathleen Meehan to associate vice-president of athletics. Meehan has been senior associate athletics director since 1993 ... South Florida hired Michael Kelly as associate athletics director for business development and marketing. Kelly formerly was executive director of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl XXXV Task Force and of the Tampa Bay Final Four Organizing Committee ... Stacey Watts was hired as associate athletics director at Mount Holyoke. Watts has served as administrative intern and assistant field hockey and women's lacrosse coach for three years at William Smith.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Mike Waddell was hired as assistant athletics director for external relations at Akron, replacing Vinny Maculaitis. For the past year and a half, Waddell has been director of marketing and broadcasting at Army ... Capital selected Todd Stepsis as assistant athletics director and football defensive backs coach. For the past two seasons, Stepsis has been an assistant football coach at Otterbein ... Donny Coryell was chosen as assistant athletics director for development at Lamar after serving as development director on an interim basis since last October. Coryell joined the school as director of marketing in September 2000 ... Stetson appointed Bernard Hill as assistant athletics director for compliance ... Mindy Mangels was selected as an assistant athletics director at Wellesley ... Franklin & Marshall's Dave Webster resigned after three years as assistant athletics director and head men's lacrosse coach to become head men's lacrosse coach at Dickinson.

COACHES

Baseball assistants -- Charleston appointed Gregg Mucerino as an assistant coach ... Patrick Anderson resigned as an assistant coach at Hofstra.

Men's basketball -- Butch Beard was named as head coach at Morgan State, succeeding Chris Fuller. Beard, a former head coach in the NBA, has been an assistant with the NBA's Washington Wizards ... Alabama awarded head coach Mark Gottfried with a four-year contract extension. Last season, Gottfried led the squad to an appearance in the NIT championship game ... Ed Kohtala assumed responsibilities as head coach at Alma ... Tusculum's Mike Hollowell resigned as head coach ... Shippensburg named Dave Springer as head coach ... Stevens Tech hired Steve Hayn as head coach. Most recently, Hayn has been head coach at Fredonia State ... East Tennessee State awarded head coach Ed DeChellis with a two-year contract extension through the 2004-05 season. DeChellis has guided the program for five years ... Philip Stitt was selected as interim head coach at Winston-Salem.

Men's basketball assistants -- Mark Arce resigned as an assistant coach at Utah State ... Portland State chose Lorenzo Hall as an assistant coach ... Todd Lee was elevated to associate head coach at UC Irvine. For the past four seasons, Lee has been an assistant with the program ... Dan Shell was added as an assistant coach at Saint Mary's (California) ... Darrell Brooks and Kevin Broadus were named as assistants at George Washington ... Portland appointed Matt Gordon as an assistant coach and Eric Bowman as men's basketball administrative assistant ... Jason Havens was added as director of basketball operations at Tulsa ... Dino Presley and Rob Senderoff were added as assistant coaches at Towson. Presley was an assistant at Drexel for four years, and Senderoff was an assistant at Yale ... Georgia State chose Bobby Champagne as an assistant. Champagne has spent the past four years as an assistant at Louisiana-Lafayette ... Michael Nestor was hired as an assistant at Shippensburg ... Matthew Graves was awarded duties as coordinator of men's basketball operations at Butler ... Vinny Parise resigned as assistant director of basketball operations at Fairleigh Dickinson ... Vermont assistant coach Kelvin Jefferson resigned to accept a similar position at American ... Dewey Haley resigned as an assistant coach at Mercer ... David Humphreys resigned as an assistant coach at Cal State Bakersfield ... Southern Utah chose Brian Dolan as an assistant coach.

Women's basketball -- Seph Hatley resigned as head coach at Newberry to become an assistant coach at Presbyterian ... Eastern Mennonite chose Mike Dunavant as head coach ... Mike Jewett was named as head coach at Franklin, succeeding Gene White. Jewett has been an assistant at Augustana (South Dakota) ... Southern Colorado added Misty Murphy as head coach to succeed Sherry Winn. Murphy has been head coach at Sheridan (Wyoming) College for two seasons ... Juliene Simpson assumed responsibilities as head coach at East Stroudsburg. Simpson has led the program at Marshall for four years and replaces Rose Haller ... Cal State Bakersfield chose Tim La Kose as head coach. In the past eight seasons, La Kose has guided Cal Lutheran to a 136-67 record and five Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships ... Tracy Roller was appointed as head coach at Ball State ... Jackson State hired Denise Taylor as head coach to succeed Andrew Pennington, who was reassigned to athletics administration. Taylor formerly was head coach of the WNBA's Utah Starzz.

Women's basketball assistants -- Jamie Gabbert was tabbed as an assistant at Portland State ... Hillsdale appointed Kristin Irwin as an assistant coach ... Georgia Tech selected MaChelle Joseph as an assistant coach ... Jill Davis was chosen as a second assistant coach at Lamar. For the past year, Davis, who succeeds Joel Washington, has been a graduate assistant with the school ... San Diego hired Dawn Baker and Shelley Sheetz as assistant coaches to replace Nadine Mastroleo and Nicole Anderson. Baker has been head women's basketball coach for a professional team in Germany, and Sheetz spent 1999-00 as an assistant at Washington State ... Lisa Nuxol was named as an assistant coach at Stetson. For the past four years, Nuxol has served as recruiting coordinator at Georgia Southern ... Minnesota hired Marsha Frese as an assistant. Frese has been an assistant at Ball State for two seasons ... James Madison selected Roscelle Bullock as an assistant coach ... Michigan Tech chose Sara Ferris as an assistant coach ... Danelle Toole was appointed as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern ... Harvard hired Danielle O'Banion as an assistant and promoted Stacey Connors to second assistant coach, succeeding Trisha Brown ... Stacy Frese was appointed as an assistant coach at Evansville ... North Dakota State's Naomi Stohlmann resigned as an assistant coach ... Eastern Illinois added Joe Conroy as an assistant coach ... Melinda Goodson was hired as an assistant coach at North Carolina-Greensboro to replace Angie Polk ... Virginia Commonwealth hired Beth Cunningham as an assistant. Cunningham competed professionally last season as a member of the WNBA's Washington Mystics ... Sunny Myers was tabbed as an assistant coach at Southern Utah ... Wake Forest named Sharon Manning as an assistant coach ... Niya Butts was promoted to second assistant at Tennessee Tech. Butts replaces Roger Castle, who resigned after two years.

Men's and women's cross country -- Coppin State named Patrick Bailey as head women's cross country and track and field coach ... Dean Duncan accepted responsibilities as head cross country and track and field coach at North Carolina-Asheville. Duncan, who replaces Stan Rosenthal, has spent the past five years as an assistant with the programs ... Utah selected Brian Appell as head men's and women's coach ... Tom Service was appointed as head women's coach at Santa Clara. Service has been head varsity men's and women's cross country coach at Leland (California) High School.

Field hockey -- Nan Whitley resigned as head coach at Catawba, but will continue as head softball coach.

Field hockey assistant -- Colleen Finnerty accepted duties as an assistant coach at Hofstra.

Fencing -- Doug Galpin was chosen as head coach at Wellesley.

Football -- Buffalo State hired Bob Swank as head coach, succeeding Jerry Boyes. Swank has been assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Methodist.

Football assistants -- Jackson State selected Darrell Asberry as offensive coordinator ... Ron Lambert was added as defensive backs coach at Illinois State. Lambert, who succeeds Steven Wilks, has been secondary coach and recruiting coordinator at Eastern Illinois for two seasons ... Indiana State elevated Shannon Jackson to defensive line coach. Jackson has been a graduate assistant coach ... Jamie Barresi was chosen as quarterbacks coach at Central Florida. Barresi, who succeeds Darin Hinshaw, has been an assistant at Wake Forest for eight seasons. The school also appointed Tyson Hinshaw as offensive graduate assistant and Dave Montiel as defensive graduate assistant ... St. Mary's (California) named Ernie Cornella and Jim McDermott as assistants ... Jack Ginn was selected as quarterbacks and receivers coach at Shepherd to replace Brent Baldwin. For the past four seasons, Ginn has served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Wartburg ... Pennsylvania added Trey Brown as tight ends coach and Michael Snyder as offensive assistant coach. Brown, who replaces Mike Santella, has filled various capacities at Stanford for the past three seasons, including strength and conditioning assistant and offensive assistant. Synder, who replaces Mark Melnitsky, spent last season as offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Case Western Reserve ... Shanard Smith was chosen as linebackers coach at Randolph-Macon. Smith is a May 2001 graduate of Elon ... Alcorn State added Karl Morgan as defensive coordinator to succeed Tyrone Jones. For the past four seasons, Morgan has been defensive line coach at Arkansas State ... Sean Todd assumed responsibilities as coordinator of football operations at Florida Atlantic ... Washington State assistant Jim Zeches resigned to accept duties as a regional scout with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers ... Cole Wilson was awarded assistant coaching responsibilities at Southern Utah.

Men's and women's golf -- Mike Ketcham was named as head men's coach at Arkansas ... Delaware's James W. Kent was relieved of responsibilities as head men's coach, effective immediately, but will continue as an associate professor in the health and exercise sciences department. During his 19-year tenure, Kent has served as assistant coach and as head coach of the program ... Dave Barber was added as head men's coach at Cal State Bakersfield. Barber succeeds Bill Faeth ... Arizona State's Linda Vollstedt resigned as head women's coach to become director of golf development and promotions at the school ... Martha Nause, head men's coach at Macalester, assumed additional responsibilities as head women's coach.

Men's and women's golf assistants -- Vanderbilt appointed Roy Edwards as an assistant ... Donnie Darr was hired as assistant men's and women's coach at Kent to succeed John Wiler.

Men's and women's ice hockey -- Western New England hired Karl Enroth as head men's coach to replace Mike Badger. Enroth most recently has coached at Amherst, serving as head men's coach during the 1999-00 season and assistant women's coach during the 2000-01 season ... Bemidji State selected Jason Lesterberg as head women's coach.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistants -- Brad Dexter was appointed as an assistant men's coach at Clarkson ... Minnesota chose Brad Frost as an assistant women's coach. Frost served as interim assistant coach for the program during the 2000-01 season.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Tammy Dixon was elevated to head women's coach at Greensboro, replacing Mike Lackemacher. Dixon, who served as an assistant coach during the 2001 season, also will work as an assistant women's soccer coach ... Rochester Tech selected Gene Peluso as head men's coach and assistant director for development. Peluso has been head men's and women's coach at Lycoming since 1996 ... Deb Ranieri was chosen as head women's lacrosse coach and assistant field hockey coach at Susquehanna.

Men's and women's rowing -- Stanford named Craig Amerkhanian as director of rowing. Amerkhanian has been head men's coach since August 2000.

Men's soccer -- Rob King, head men's and women's coach at Montevallo, resigned ... Rolando Uribe was added as head coach at Caltech ... Rochester Tech selected Gene Peluso as head men's coach and assistant director for development. Peluso has been head men's and women's coach at Lycoming since 1996 ... Deb Ranieri was chosen as head women's lacrosse coach and assistant field hockey coach at Susquehanna.

Women's soccer -- Missouri-Rolla hired Diana Niland as head coach. Niland succeeds Dawson Driscoll, who has been head men's and women's coach for three seasons. Driscoll will continue as head men's coach. Niland has been an assistant at Arkansas State ... Don Staley, head coach at Alabama, was awarded a three-year contract extension. Staley has a 72-64-4 record in seven seasons as head coach ... Kevwe Akpore assumed duties as head coach at Knox. Akpore formerly was an assistant with the program ... Duquesne appointed Dawn Crow as head coach, replacing Shelly Saba. Crow has spent the past two seasons as top women's assistant at Alabama.

Women's soccer assistants -- Minnesota named Eric Bell as an assistant coach, succeeding Richard Drake, who became an assistant at Marshall. Bell has spent the past year as head coach at Indiana (Pennsylvania) ... Syracuse selected Tracey Britton as an assistant coach ... Laura Poland was elevated to full-time assistant coach at Evansville to succeed Hilton Bashford. Poland has been a volunteer assistant with the program since last fall ... Portland State appointed Tami Bennett as an assistant.

Softball -- Liz Miller, head coach at Notre Dame, announced her retirement ... Sam Houston State's John Garris resigned as head coach ... Debbie Corbett resigned as head coach at Fordham ... Jennifer Poulsen was hired as head coach at Stephen F. Austin. Poulsen, who succeeds Ruth Wright, has been an assistant at Alabama-Birmingham ... Tennessee hired Karen Weekly and Ralph Weekly as co-head coaches. The Weeklys have been co-head coaches at Chattanooga since 1995 ... College of Charleston named Chandell Schulte as head coach ... Maribeth Clifford resigned after two seasons as head coach at Quinnipiac ... York (Pennsylvania) hired Becky Bliss as head coach, strength and conditioning coordinator and assistant volleyball coach. Bliss has been softball club coach at James Madison for two years.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistants -- Kathleen O'Dell was hired as an assistant men's and women's coach at Bucknell. O'Dell has been a graduate assistant at Lehigh for two years.

Men's and women's tennis -- Limestone head coach Chris Waters resigned as head tennis and golf coach ... Southeastern Louisiana's Dan Silverstein resigned as head men's and women's coach to assume similar duties at West Virginia ... Tusculum added Tommy Arnett as head men's and women's coach, succeeding Mike Joy, who will continue as head women's soccer coach. For the past two years, Arnett has served as head coach at Newberry ... Florida named Andy Jackson as head men's coach to succeed Ian Duvenhage. Jackson has been head coach at Mississippi State for 13 seasons ... Jim Teal resigned as head women's coach at Saginaw Valley State, effective August 31 ... Virginia Commonwealth head women's coach Eva Bard announced retirement plans, effective July 1. Bard has guided the program to a 167-107 mark in 14 years ... Greensboro's Pat Williams assumed additional duties as head men's coach. Williams also serves as head women's tennis coach.

Men's and women's tennis assistants -- Daryl Greenan was named as an assistant women's coach at Alabama.

Men's and women's track and field -- Wake Forest's Noel Ruebel resigned as head coach ... Ryan Pifer assumed additional duties as head men's and women's coach at Capital. The program will begin competition next year. Pifer is entering his third season as football wide receivers coach ... Lawrence elevated Matt Kehrein to head track coach, succeeding Steve Jung. Kehrein, who has been an assistant track and assistant football coach, will continue to fulfill assistant football coaching duties ... Tim Byers was hired as head men's and women's coach. Byers, who replaces Keith Ellingson, was an assistant track and cross country coach at Wartburg ... Utah appointed Lisa Collet as head women's coach.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Kendra Marlowe was named as head coach at Lawrence, replacing Kim Tatro, who will retain responsibilities as head softball coach. Marlowe has been an assistant volleyball and softball coach at Denison ... Elizabeth Herzner was chosen as head women's coach at Sacred Heart ... Rochester Tech appointed Roger Worsley as head women's coach and wellness instructor ... Steve Stratos, head women's coach at Loyola Marymount, signed a contract extension through the 2003 season ... Wheaton (Massachusetts) added Elizabeth Rey as head women's coach to succeed Gina Loudenburg. Rey also will serve as fitness Left director and physical education instructor ... Stacey White was appointed as head coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point to replace Kelly Geiger. White has been head junior varsity and assistant varsity coach at Concordia (Minnesota).

Men's and women's water polo -- Karin Halvorson was hired as head women's coach at Macalester. Halvorson, a 2001 graduate of the school, also will serve as assistant swimming coach and head men's club water polo coach.

Men's and women's water polo assistant -- Matt Anderson was added as an assistant women's coach at Indiana.

Wrestling assistants -- Arizona State named Townsend Saunders as chief assistant and Aaron Simpson as second assistant wrestling coach ... Brian Stapleton and Tom Walsh were chosen as assistant coaches at NYU.

STAFF

Athletic trainers -- Matt Bayley was selected as athletic trainer at Lafayette ... North Carolina-Asheville hired Van Whitmire as head athletic trainer to succeed Jeff Taylor. Whitmire most recently has been interim athletic trainer at the school ... Maureen Mahoney was awarded responsibilities as athletic trainer at Wellesley, effective August 13 ... Rider selected Jennifer Semle as athletic trainer.

Assistant athletic trainers -- Tim Lengle assumed responsibilities as assistant athletic trainer at Rider ... Wheaton (Massachusetts) added Kristin Raffa as an assistant athletic trainer. For the past five years, Raffa has been at Richmond, most recently serving as director of sports medicine.

Development -- Texas A&M's John David Crow announced plans to retire as director of development for athletics. Crow formerly served as associate athletics director and athletics director at the school.

Sports information -- Hiram appointed James Tirotta as sports information director ... Jason Falls was hired as sports information director at Birmingham-Southern. Falls has been director of public relations and new media at Georgetown College ... Jake Keys was selected as sports information director at North Carolina-Greensboro to replace Jeremy Agor. Keys has spent the past four years as assistant sports information director at Marshall ... Rochester Tech named Jamie Joss as sports information director ... Josh Lehman was added as director of sports information and media services at Virginia Commonwealth. For the past three years, Lehman has served as assistant commissioner for communications at the Midwestern Collegiate Conference.

Sports information assistants -- Dave Leisering was named as assistant sports information director at Mercyhurst ... Kent State chose Kent Reichert as assistant sports information director, effective July 1. Reichert, who has fulfilled the position on an interim basis for nine months, has worked in the school's sports information office for four years ... Evansville's Jeff Williams resigned after two years as assistant sports information director to accept similar duties at Southwest Missouri State. The school promoted Tom Benson, sports information intern, to assistant sports information director.

Strength and conditioning -- Dean Aresco accepted responsibilities as head strength and conditioning coach at San Diego. Since 1998, Aresco has served as head strength and conditioning coach at Towson.

CONFERENCES

The Big East Conference promoted Barbara Jacobs to assistant commissioner/women's basketball officiating. Jacobs, the current secretary-rules editor for the NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee, has been working as coordinator of women's basketball officiating/sport administrator.

Dan Schaefer was chosen as coordinator of television operations at the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The Ohio Valley Conference extended Commissioner Dan Beebe's contract through June 30, 2004. Beebe has guided the conference for 12 years. The conference also announced the following as officers for the 2001-02 academic year: Kenneth W. Dobbins, president at Southeast Missouri State, president; Sherry Hoppe, president at Austin Peay State, vice-president.

The Northeast Conference extended the contract of John Iamarino, commissioner, through 2003-04. The conference also elected George R. Houston Jr. as president and Richard Judd as vice-president.

Vicky Chun was appointed as executive director of the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association.

The Missouri Valley Conference named Don Beggs as chairman of the president's council; Marty Perline as president of the conference and Andi Myers as chairman of athletics administrators.

The Great Northeast Athletic Conference chose Mike Theulen as commissioner.

The American Southwest Conference elected the following as officers of the executive committee for the 2001-02 academic year: Oscar Page, Austin, president; Jerry Bawcom, Mary Hardin-Baylor, vice-president; Rick Niece, Ozarks (Arkansas), past president.

ASSOCIATIONS

Joyce Feinberg resigned after five years as executive director of the Sun Bowl to assume a post in the administration of Ray Caballero, mayor of El Paso, Texas.

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) chose Bill Bradshaw, director of athletics at DePaul, as president for 2001-02. NACDA also elected the following individuals for the 2001-02 term: Joe Castiglione, director of athletics at Oklahoma, first vice-president; Judy Rose, director of athletics at North Carolina-Charlotte, second vice-president; Gene DeFilippo, director of athletics at Boston College, third vice-president; and Tim Gleason, commissioner at the Ohio Athletic Conference, second year of a five-year term as secretary. NACDA selected the following as new executive committee members: University Division representatives -- Mitch Barnhart, athletics director at Oregon State; Tim Curley, athletics director at Penn State; Steve McCarty, athletics director at Stephen F. Austin; Lew Perkins, athletics director at Connecticut; and Terry Don Phillips, athletics director at Oklahoma State. College Division representatives -- Mac Cassell, athletics director at Mount Olive; Bryce Casto, athletics director at West Virginia State; and Wayne Poage, athletics director at Dallas Baptist. Junior and Community College representatives -- Bobby Bowman, Pasco-Hernando Community College; Karen Guthmiller, Lee College; and Bob Myers, Solano Community College. At-Large representative -- Rick Chryst, commissioner of the Mid-American Conference.

Denise Van De Walle was chosen as president of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Van De Walle has been head coach at Bowling Green for 18 seasons.

NATIONAL OFFICE

ETC.

CORRECTIONS

The Number Crunching section in the June 18 NCAA News reported that Rhondale Jones of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) had tied Suleiman Nyambui of the University of Texas at El Paso for the most individual NCAA championships won with 14. Nyambui actually won 15, however, having won seven each in indoor and outdoor track and field, as well as one in cross country.

NAME CHANGES

Lesley College changed its name to Lesley University, effective June 12.

TRYOUT CAMP

The United States Professional Volleyball League will hold its 2001 national athlete tryout camp July 20-22 at Prairie Stone Sports and Wellness Left in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The USPV is a new women's professional indoor volleyball league scheduled to begin competition in February. Teams will be established in Chicago, Illinois; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Rochester, Minnesota; and Saint Louis, Missouri. Four additional cities will be announced at a later date. Registration for the camp is Friday, July 20. Saturday morning will be devoted to athlete testing, and the Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon sessions will focus on athlete skill evaluations. All athletes are guaranteed to participate in at least the two Saturday sessions. For more information, contact the league office at 877/THE-USPV or check their Web site at www.uspv.com.

NOTABLES

Nick Gilliam and Candy Hanneman were chosen as Rolex College Golfers of the Month for May. Gilliam, a senior at Florida, and Hanneman, a junior at Duke, won individual medalist honors at the 2001 NCAA championships.

Laura Granville and Matias Boeker were named as Tennis Magazine/Intercollegiate Tennis Association national players of the year. Granville, a sophomore at Stanford, captured the NCAA singles title and helped Stanford win the team championship this year. Boeker, a sophomore at Georgia, became the third player since 1977 to win the singles, doubles and team championships in a season.

Whitney Laiho and Jessica Lehnhoff of Florida and Matias Boeker and Travis Parrott of Georgia were named as Intercollegiate Tennis Association national doubles teams of the year. Each team won doubles titles in NCAA championships this year.

Central Connecticut State's Carl Krein was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame, and Cornell athletic trainer Bernie DePalma was one of nine recognized by NATA as Most Distinguished Athletic Trainers. Krein and DePalma formerly were members of the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.

DEATHS

Jaime Benitez, former chancellor and president at Puerto Rico, died May 30. Benitez was 92.

John McKay, former head football coach and athletics director at Southern California, died June 10 at the age of 77. McKay, the school's winningest head football coach, guided squads to four national championships in addition to working as athletics director from 1972 to 1975. McKay was the first head coach of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Former UNLV football player Kirk Jones died of a heart attack recently. Jones, 36, had been an assistant football and track coach at Long Beach Poly (California) High School since 1997. Jones, second in career rushing yardage at UNLV with 2,656 yards, is one of four players in school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season.

Sam Boyd, former football player and coach at Baylor, died recently at the age of 86. Boyd, an all-Southwest Conference wide receiver for the school in the 1930s, served as head coach from 1956 to 1958 and captured a Sugar Bowl win in his first season.

Former Columbia football player Randy Murff died when his F-16 fighter jet crashed in South Korea. Murff, team co-captain in 1996 and two-time second-team all-Ivy League, was a first lieutenant in the Air Force.

Bentley head women's tennis coach Beverly Hansen died of cancer June 19. Hansen, 57, guided the program for two years and earned recognition as Northeast-10 Conference coach of the year in 2000.

Joseph P. McMurray, former president at New Rochelle, Queens (New York) and Queensborough Community College, died May 21. McMurray was 89.