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By Michelle Brutlag Hosick
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Conferences: The Big 12 Conference named its Good Works team for winter sports last month, honoring 12 student-athletes for their good academic standing and contributions to the community. The members are Latoya Wyatt (basketball), Baylor University; Jackie McFarland (basketball), University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Anson (gymnastics), Iowa State University; Hannah McMacken (swimming and diving), University of Kansas; Clent Stewart (basketball), Kansas State University; Ben Askren (wrestling), University of Missouri, Columbia; Kelsey Griffin (basketball), University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Courtney Paris (basketball), University of Oklahoma; Destanie Sykes (basketball), Oklahoma State University; Daniel Rohleder (swimming and diving), University of Texas at Austin; Katy Pounds (basketball), Texas A&M University, College Station; and Alesha Robertson (basketball), Texas Tech University ... The Southland Conference joined nine other leagues when it signed an agreement with the America Channel to provide television broadcasts of football, men’s and women’s basketball, and the conference tournaments for volleyball, women’s soccer, baseball and football, beginning this fall. Other conferences in the agreement are the America East, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Big Sky, Big West and Southern Conferences, as well as the Colonial Athletic Association, Ivy League and Patriot League.
Facilities: Stephen F. Austin State University has collected nearly $2 million in donations since December 2006 to help fund the creation of Bo Pilgrim Park, a $14 million athletics complex that will house the school’s baseball and softball teams. Bo Pilgrim donated $1 million to the project, and the estate of Robert C. Banks donated $750,000. The park will be built on 24.5 acres already owned by the institution. The complex will feature a regulation-size baseball and softball stadium, press boxes for each, a field house, training room and weight room. The baseball facility will seat 1,200 fans, while the softball stadium will have seating for 600 ... Saint Louis University announced it will name its new arena in honor of alumnus Richard A. Chaifetz, who made a $12 million gift for the naming rights to the arena. The Chaifetz Arena, home to the volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball teams, will open in March 2008. Chaifetz, a neuropsychologist and founder and CEO of ComPsych Corporation, graduated from Saint Louis in 1975. His company provides employee assistance programs to companies worldwide. Saint Louis plans to use the 10,600-seat Chaifetz Arena to host concerts, family shows, sporting events and trade shows. The arena complex also will include an athletics practice facility, offices and support facilities for the athletics department.
Miscellaneous: The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named the Iona College men’s cross country team the 2006 NCAA Division I all-academic men’s cross country team of the year. The Gaels finished third at the 2006 Division I Men’s Cross Country Championships. The award honors the highest-finishing school at the NCAA championships that earns a minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA during the fall term ... A women’s basketball game between Drexel University and Northeastern University on February 22 lasted a record five overtime periods as the Dragons defeated the Huskies, 98-90 ... The Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M University, College Station, honored 10 institutions that excel in diversity with Diversity in Athletics awards. They are the University of Akron; Ball State University; University at Buffalo, the State University of New York; University of Kansas; University of Louisiana at Monroe; University of Louisville; Northwestern University; Purdue University; Stanford University; and Washington State University. The award recognizes departments for diversity strategy, gender and racial diversity of department employees, graduation of African-American student-athletes and Title IX compliance.
Facilities: Stephen F. Austin State University has collected nearly $2 million in donations since December 2006 to help fund the creation of Bo Pilgrim Park, a $14 million athletics complex that will house the school’s baseball and softball teams. Bo Pilgrim donated $1 million to the project, and the estate of Robert C. Banks donated $750,000. The park will be built on 24.5 acres already owned by the institution. The complex will feature a regulation-size baseball and softball stadium, press boxes for each, a field house, training room and weight room. The baseball facility will seat 1,200 fans, while the softball stadium will have seating for 600 ... Saint Louis University announced it will name its new arena in honor of alumnus Richard A. Chaifetz, who made a $12 million gift for the naming rights to the arena. The Chaifetz Arena, home to the volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball teams, will open in March 2008. Chaifetz, a neuropsychologist and founder and CEO of ComPsych Corporation, graduated from Saint Louis in 1975. His company provides employee assistance programs to companies worldwide. Saint Louis plans to use the 10,600-seat Chaifetz Arena to host concerts, family shows, sporting events and trade shows. The arena complex also will include an athletics practice facility, offices and support facilities for the athletics department.
Miscellaneous: The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named the Iona College men’s cross country team the 2006 NCAA Division I all-academic men’s cross country team of the year. The Gaels finished third at the 2006 Division I Men’s Cross Country Championships. The award honors the highest-finishing school at the NCAA championships that earns a minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA during the fall term ... A women’s basketball game between Drexel University and Northeastern University on February 22 lasted a record five overtime periods as the Dragons defeated the Huskies, 98-90 ... The Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M University, College Station, honored 10 institutions that excel in diversity with Diversity in Athletics awards. They are the University of Akron; Ball State University; University at Buffalo, the State University of New York; University of Kansas; University of Louisiana at Monroe; University of Louisville; Northwestern University; Purdue University; Stanford University; and Washington State University. The award recognizes departments for diversity strategy, gender and racial diversity of department employees, graduation of African-American student-athletes and Title IX compliance.
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