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Show SPORTS B6 WRESTLING continued L===•••••--11111--41LlligUIt Kira Terry/UVU Review Senior Ben Kjar SPORTS BRIEFS continued Pleasant Grove, Utah tossed six complete innings, allowing one earned run on one hit while finishing with seven strikeouts. The right-handed hurler retired 17-of-18 batters faced and was named to the All-Tournament Team. Texas-Pan American's Stuart Maclnnes received Great West Conference Player of the Week honors like the record's really not what matters. What matters to me going into the season is 'what can we do to help each of these individuals progress and take care of them as individuals,' because the team pretty much takes care of itself' ." Williams has nothing but kind words for his athletes and the season that they had, saying, "There's not one kid on our team right now that I'm not proud of. They are all hard workers; they do what we ask, and a lot of them are doing extra. It's a good team; we have a good situation here." Just last week, the NCAA announced that Utah Valley had four wrestlers who were named in the final Coaches Panel Rankings and Rating Percentage Index (RPI) for this season. Those wrestlers are four of UVU's five seniors: Ben Kjar (125), Ray (133), Morrill (141), and Jeb Clark (165). After traveling to the WWC Championships and NCAA West Regional on Mar. 6 and depending on the results, some Wolverines may be traveling to the NCAA Championships, which are held Mar. 17-19 in Philadelphia. Last season, Kjar, Ray and Brad Darrington all represented Utah Valley at the NCAA Championships. after he led UTPA to a 4-0 weekend. The outfielder hit at a .429 clip with a .786 slugging percentage and .529 on-base percentage. Maclnnes produced six hits with a home run, two doubles and reached safely on three walks. He tallied four runs and 3 RBI, including the game-winning run in the opening day win over Il nois-Chicago and a pivotal 2-run home run that put the Broncs up 4-3 in a 5-4 extrainning win over Saint Louis. Others nominated were Robbie Buller (3B) and Jamie Storey (LHP) of Houston Baptist, Arnold Franco (RHP) of Texas-Pan American and Billy Burgess (OF) of Utah Valley. rottow us on 1'110E1300K: UYU REVIEW SPORTS SECT1011 Shane Maryott/UVU Review Junior Abbie Beutler drives the ball in a recent home game. BEUTLER continued task, especially when given only a month to learn it. Transferring from Snow College, this is Beutler's first season at UVU, making the transition to Division I that much harder. "My experience as a junior college coach helps me to know a little bit about the transition for a player to make the jump to Division I, and it's hard," said Nixon. "Not only did Abbie have to learn a new system, style of play and teammates, we told her she had a month to do it." Due to NCAA regulations this season, teams were unable to practice together as a team until the second week of October. The lady Wolverines' first game was Nov. 12, leaving the transfer "I couldn't have played like that if it wasn't for the previous teams that have beat up on us earlier this season." - Abbie Beutler point guard with very little time to learn how to "drive the bus." Beutler will be the first to admit that she's hit her fair share of bumps in the road and has even missed a turn here and there; but her performance against conference foe University of Texas-Pan American was just about flawless. Playing in 39 minutes of the 40-minute game, Beutler was a solid 9-13 from the field, hitting 3-5 from behind the 3-point arch and a perfect 6-6 from the line. She would also add 11 assists to her 27 points, both of which are career highs and led to being named GWC Player of the Week. "I couldn't have played like that if it wasn't for the previous teams that have beat up on us earlier this season," said Beutler. "I'm just lucky to have such a good team that has stuck together through the season and are just as determined as me to get better and win. We have a strong bond and play united every game, which makes us all better." Thanks to an extremely difficult schedule, the lady Wolverines have grown together and are playing more to their full potential with Beutler behind the wheel. "I love basketball," said Beutler. "I also know that I'm not always the greatest at it, so I work really hard to reach my goals and help the team win. It's the passion that keeps you driving and working hard." Thanks to her hard work and passion, Beutler is averaging 9.1 points per game, leading her team in assists, shooting percentage from the free-throw line at 87 percent and is tied for the most steals on the team this season as of Feb. 25. 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