News From The Summit: June 2008

Sunday, June 29, 2008

News From The Summit 6/29/2008

Broad Ripple's Hill realizes dream as a 1st-round pick--The Indy Star
HILL PICKED 26TH OVERALL BY THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS--IUPUIJags.com

D-I reclassification period lacked its typical pitfalls--The Bison Zone
Bison leave their tracks--The Bison Zone
NDSU formally accepted into Division I--The Jamestown Sun

SDSU's D-I membership becomes official--Brookings Register
Lennox's Vlastuin switches to SDSU--Argus Leader
Rapid Reax--Argus Leader SDSU Blog
Prospect Watch--Argus Leader SDSU Blog
Katie Falco joins Jackrabbit women's basketball staff--GoJacks.com

IUPUI's George Hill Selected 26th in NBA Draft--The Summit League

Thursday, June 26, 2008

News From The Summit 6/26/2008

IPFW Hires Ali Mann as Assistant Basketball Coach--GoMastodons.com

TRACKING THE MOCKS: LATEST PROJECTIONS HAVE HILL LANDING IN SECOND ROUND--IUPUIJags.com
LIVE DRAFT BLOG: HILL AND CO. TUNE IN ON ESPN COVERAGE OF 2008 NBA DRAFT--IUPUIJags.com

810 WHB’s Steven St. John To Provide Color Commentary For UMKC Men’s Basketball--UMKC Kangaroos
Current and Former Roos Playing In The Kansas City Pro Am--UMKC Kangaroos

Former Westerwind to compete in Beijing Olympics--WIUAthletics.com

Summit star could land in 2nd round--IN-FORUM Sports

Breaking news: The transition is over--Argus Leader SDSU Blog

ORU grad returns to lead Golden Eagles' recruiting--The Tulsa World
Former Golden Eagle Kyan Brown Joins Men’s Basketball Staff--ORUGoldenEagles.com

Golden Eagles to Make Labor Day Appearance in Cozumel, Mexico--ORUGoldenEagles.com

Sunday, June 22, 2008

News From The Summit 6/22/2008

Campus briefs--deseretnews.com

SOUTHERN UTAH

ACADEMICS: Southern Utah University had 89 student-athletes named to the 2007-08 Summit League Commissioner List of Academic Excellence as released by the conference.

The women's indoor track and field team led all squads with 17 total athletes honored with the award. Women's soccer and women's outdoor track and field followed with 13 honorees each.

Baseball was next with seven award winners, and SUU's women's cross country, men's golf, softball and men's outdoor track and field each earned five.

Men's basketball, women's basketball and men's indoor track and field each collected four recognitions, with women's tennis garnering three and women's golf and men's cross country each having two.

Those honored had to have at least a 3.000 cumulative GPA and sophomore academic standing. Freshmen, redshirt freshmen and first-year transfers were not eligible for the award.

UMKC player’s scholarship lost in translation--The Kansas City Star
Steven Davis not ready to replace dad in radio booth--The Kansas City Star
College notebook--The Kansas City Star

UMKC assistant hired

Former Wyandotte High School basketball coach Wendell Moore will join Matt Brown’s staff as UMKC assistant basketball coach.

Moore spent the last two years as an assistant under Rex Walters at Florida Atlantic. Moore replaces Kareem Richardson, who left to become an assistant at Drake.

Moore spent five years at Wyandotte early in the decade and led the Bulldogs to a 14-7 record in 2004.