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Show B3 SPORTS S orts Briefs Benson 2nd baseball player to be named All-American Kira Terry/UVU Review After earning the nation's highest GPA in 2009-10, Wolverines women's basketball ranked high again in 2010-11 with a fifth-place ranking. Women's basketball GPA ranks 5th in nation ATLANTA -- A year removed from having the nation's top GPA in the classroom, the the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) announced its 2011 Division I Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll and the Utah Valley University women's basketball team landed a spot in the top five once again for the 2010-11 academic year. This time coach Cathy Nixon Wolverines earned the fifth spot by putting up a 3.524 team GPA. The honor marks the fifth consecutive year that UVU has made the cut and the second in a row that it has secured a spot in the top five. This year's overall winner was South Dakota State as the Jackrabbits finished atop the NCAA Division I Academic Top 25 list with a 3.666 team GPA. Bucknell (3.632 GPA), DePaul (3.582 GPA), Creighton (3.527 GPA) and UVU rounded out the top five. For a full list of the top 25 please see below. "With the increased importance and scrutiny of the APR (academic progress rate) in the landcape of intercollegiate athletics, these remarkable teams are setting the bar for academic excellence," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "Congratulations to all these student-athletes and their coaches." This award, given in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and Junior College/Community College, awards teams throughout the nation that carry the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the entire season based on the nomination submitted by WBCA-member head coaches. A team's GPA is calcu- Kotchman reaches 3,000 games coached OREM, Utah -- Orem Owlz manager Tom Kotchman hit a historic mark last Thursday, coaching his 3,000th career game in a double-header against Billings The milestone comes after 28 years of work within the Los Angeles Angels' organization, the longest any Angels manager has worked in the farm system. Kotchman already owns more wins than any active manager in minor league baseball, having won over 1,600 games during his career. Those wins have produced eight league championships, four of which came in the Pioneer League. Come to the Bookstore and check out what's new UVU BOOKSTORE Your Campus. Your Heeds. Your Store. f Find us on Facebook (801) 863-8641 TOLL FREE 866-507-5253 Visit Us Online www.uvu.edu/bookstore lated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by the total number of hours attempted by all team members in the academic terms (semesters or quarters) that the season spans. Weighted grades are converted to a 4.0 scale. The GPAs are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point. A team must have a 3.000 or better GPA to be nominated. Here is the complete 2011 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NCAA Division I: OREM, Utah -- Utah Valley University's Chris Benson became the school's second All-American in as many years, earning Honorable Mention All-America from CollegeBaseballlnsider.com on Thursday. Benson, who joins Jace Brinkerhoff (2010) as the school's first two baseball All-Americans at the NCAA level, led the Wolverines to their second consecutive Great West Conference regular season and tournament championships in May. The Orem native batted an even .400 and finished third in the nation with 100 hits. Benson was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association AllRegion Second Team for the second straight season in June and earned First Team Great West All-Conference and conference tournament MVP for the second consecutive year. Benson finished his career with .381 average, 348 hits, 205 runs, 23 home runs, 74 doubles and 22 triples. Benson also earned All-Region accolades in 2010 after batting .408 and leading the nation with 89 runs batted in. Houle signs 39 for Track and Field OREM, Utah -- Utah Valley University track and field coach Scott Houle announced Friday the signing of 39 student athletes, which included 25 men and 14 women. "We are excited about our recruiting class," he said. "It is our goal to compete for the Great West Conference championship again. We have set the standard for ourselves and we hope we can keep it going." Both the men's and women's teams are three-time defending track and field champions. "On the women's side we're bringing in nice talent to round out what we had from last year," Houle said. "We were able to add more depth from distance to sprints to throws." On the men's side, Houle sees strength in numbers. "We haven't had a lot of depth on the men's side and adding the number of kids on the men's side will give us room when we have injuries or if we need to rest someone," he said. Sluts Terms: Golf PAR: The number of strokes set as a standard for a specific hole. Birdie: A score of one stroke under par on any given hole. Bogey: A score of one stroke over par on a hole. Ask us about our Flavor of the Week Specials SUMMER HOURS MON DAY & FRIDAY 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY 8;00 AM - 6:00 PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY CLOSED |