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Show ; 5a (sail irrnAforffflATp ' ' . . 'A i i ' ! 'v WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 BY . ;dt3I7d itknfidMD X ILL; . DIXIESUNNEWS.COM -- 5- PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN The Dixie State University Athletics Hall of Fame got a little bit bigger this weekend; there were four inductees introduced last week. Ralph Brinton (football), Barry Sims (football), Brandon Lyon (baseball), and the 2000 womens soccer team were formally inducted into the DSU Athletics Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Feb. 1 1 in the Cox Auditorium. I I B t 9 I I I i I r i t Brinton, 75, was one of Dixie States first standout football players. Brinton played for DSU in 1956-5- 7 under Hall of Fame coach Sark Arslanian, who also attended the ceremony. Brinton was a two-wa- y player, meaning he played both offense and defense, which is rare in todays college football world. Following the 1957 season, Brinton was named an NCAA only the second player in DSU history to do so. f During the ceremony, Brinton r spoke of his experience at then Dixie v Junior College and how the univerk k i t i I sity has grown tremendously. Its very different from how it was way back when. Brinton said. We used to ride a flat-be- d truck to the rodeo grounds where we would practice. This place has come a long way. The next inductee was Barry Sims, a National Football League veteran as an offensive lineman and Dixie State player from 1995 to 1997. Sims led Dixie State to two consecutive Rotary Bowl victories before transferring to the University of Utah, where he was named the teams Most Improved Player in 1996 and received honors as a left 12-ye- ar a All-WA- C tackle. Sims went undrafted in the 999 NFL and subsequently signed on to play for the Scottish Claymores of the NFL European League. After his season in Scotland, Sims was signed as a 1 Members of the DSU soccer team of 2000 listen as their coach Rob Dahl speaks about their national championship win during the DSU Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Feb. 11. Two previous football players and a previous baseball player were also inducted into the Hall of Fame. free agent by the Oakland Raiders. Five games into the 1999 season, the Raiders called on Sims to make his first career start. In Sims fifth seae son, he became the Raiders starter at left tackle, where he went on to become a perennial power house in the league, stopping defensive ends at all costs on his way to winning the Raiders Commitment to Excellence Award. Sims started and played in 67 consecutive games, becoming the full-tim- Raiders longest tenured player and team captain. Dixie State is where I got my start. Sims said. I fell in love with the Bay Area and havent really been back to St. George since. This was a good reason to return. Sims went on to stay in the Bay Area and signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2008 where he filled in for injured starter Joe Staley before retiring from professional football in 2010. During Sims NFL career, he played in 1 8 1 games, won two AFC championships, and started in Super Bowl XXXVII. Tire next inductee was Brandon Lyon, who pitched for two seasons at Dixie State in 1999 and 2000. Lyon would go on to pitch 21 complete games in 29 starts, compiling an outstanding ERA (earned nm average) of 1 .59 and striking out 245 batters, both school records. Following his sophomore season, Lyon was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. He made his MLB debut on Aug. 1 , 2001 , starting for the Jays. Over the next 12 years, Lyon would go on to pitch for seven different MLB clubs (Toronto, Boston, Arizona, Detroit, Houston, New York Mets, Los Angeles). Lyon is currently an MLB free- - agent but he says his pitching career is more than likely over. Lyon and his wife Sara now live in the St. George area. I cant get enough of this place, Lyon said. I love it here. I couldnt game before Karrie Broderick won the game with a sudden-deat- h goal in double overtime. Tennille Bennett, Shaylee Hogge and Banks were all named to the team, and Dahl was named the nations Coach of the Year. Team members were Morgan Kunz (Bracken); Tiffany Ellis (Anderson); Amanda Hafen (HaUigan); think of another place Id rather build my family. The final inductee of the 2015 Hall of Fame is one of the most storied teams in DSU athletics history: the 2000 womens soccer team. The DSU womens soccer team of 2000 was coached by Rob Dahl, who accepted the award during the ceremony before making the whole team come up on stage. This team was the first womens team at Dixie State to ever win a Karrie Broderick; Hogge (Wilson); Chaysie Call (Christensen); Kat national championship, going and besting Monroe Community Colthriller. lege in a double-overtim- e Annalisa Banks scored twice in the Huddleston; Denise Lindley; LynDee Russell (Barney); Alisha Provstgaard along with assistant coaches Trent Chapman, Kiley Heideman and Dahl. 18-1- -1 Bennett (Vance); Amy Gustaveson (Zollinger); Banks (Noe); Stephanie Conrad; Lindsay Johnson (Brown); Candice Barwick (Fowler); Angela Profancik; Lisa Stevens (Stubbs); Lindsay Mulliner (Little); Krista Davis (Funk); Jennifer Henry (Fielding); BASKETBALL y Storm battles 3 games over long weekend BY PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN The Dixie State University basketball teams approached the run play last week with three wins from the men and one from the women. for post-seaso- n Mens Basketball is DSU mens basketball had a good weekend; so good in fact, it is now sitting atop the Pacific West Conference. The Storm came into the Bums Arena riding a win e streak and looked to build on that on Thursday when they faced Chaminade University, a team fighting for a tournament bid. A battle throughout the game, DSU rode the to victory. Junior guard Mason Sawyer and senior guard DeQuan Thompson each netted four shots from distance en route four-gam- f I) hard-foug- ht to the victory. Thompson finished with 22 points and five assists. Sawyer stuffed the stat sheet with 21 points, six assists, six rebounds and four steals. Senior center Zach Robbins had 20 points and pulled down six boards. PacWest Freshman of the Week Trevor Hill added 1 1 points. Junior guard Robbie Nielson only hit one field goal in the win, but it may have been the biggest one of all. With one minute remaining, Nielson hit a contested 3 pointer to break an 93-9- 1 -- 84-8- 4 tie. Robbie does the little things out there, head coach Jon Judkins said. He does things that dont usually show'up on the stat sheet and he does it in crucial moments. loss at With APU, the Storm moved into first place in the PacWest. On the night of Valentines, DSU faced the University of Hawaii at Hilo. BYU-Hawai- is Dixie State shot a season-hig- h 62.7 percent from the field to drown the Vulcans in the second half and secure its sixth straight win. Nielson, a business administration major from Gresham, Oregon, said he thinks its due to the teams pace of play. We have been focusing on playing our game at our tempo, Nielson said. Last night, we played with energy and rebounded. Sawyer had 16 points, Ogden notched 15 and Thompson added 13. Following the highest shooting output of the season, DSU looked to stay hot against Hawaii Pacific on Monday night. Fortunately, tire Storm used stingy defense and tough rebounding to counteract the poor shooting. DSU held the Sharks to a dismal 27.8 percent and see BASKETBALL page 6 Kaylah Miller, a senior communication major from San Diego, lines up a shot against Hawaii Pacific University on Monday. Miller became the second womens basketball player in Dixie State University history to reach 1,000 career points. |
