Show v' : vi' Sports briefs Bair named Aggie Athlete of the Week 3-- 6-- 1 6 Bair continued his strong play in doubles upping his spring record to 6-- 4 Against the Wildcats Bair teamed with Jacob Jensen to defeat the Weber State tandem of RideoutSitek 8--6 Against St Mary's Bair teamed wife Hannes Schenk as they defeated fee Gael duo of FarieyMarechal 9--8 The Aggies' next match is at Cal Poly on Wednesday Athlete of the Week nominees from other sports included Desmond Penigar (basketball) Quela Henderson (softball) Jessica Parent? (gymnastics) Josh Sides (men's track) and Candice Workman (women's track) There were no nominees from women's tennis or golf falls at Pacific Aggie freshman Jill Smith posted Utah State's lone point as Utah State's women's tennis team fell to Pacific 6-- 1 Monday in Stockton Calif Smith defeated Jaimee Bremner at 6- 6 No 6 singles in a 2-- 4 -0 The sophomore duo of Haley Hawkins and Carolyn Larsen won at No 2 doubles but the Aggies failed to get the point because they lost two of the three doubles matches The Aggies dropped to 2-- 4 on the season while the Tigers improved 'j1-1- ' ' to 4 Utah State plays at Cal Poly on : Tuesday for the final match of a three-matc- h road swing f 2-- - ?? ' Aggie trio receives honorable mention Harris a top frosh Yankees fine Weirs NEW YORK ( AP) — The New York Yankees threw the book back at David Wells ' The pitcher was fined $100000 Monday for an autobiography filled wife revelations of drinking drug use and disparaging talk that fee Yankees felt tarnished their image “I’m glad it’s over'’ Wells said Monday's scores Big 5 basketball Desmond Penigar whbwas tfSUs lone firafteam selection "But if we bad done bad J wouldn't- -' have got iL It just goes along wife pur team"X :s yVIn addition to Penigar and Ndaon senior for-ward Ibnino Johnson (honorable mention) junior guard Mark Brown (honorable mention) and fresh- - - UC 8anla Barbara: Freshmen el thelteacv Carter Ft-- UC Rlveraids Mi taaskaf WNamsUC Santa Barbara BraixJuimFuiloytiG" en tartoOenfeF- - Cal Poly UC 8anta Barbara JoRtenttema P UCbvbia Brandutan FWova G MOasmond (tenigar man forward Nate Harris team) were recognized by the Big West's 10 head coadtesl : "I think ift great USU head coach StewMbrill oftheselections"WhateverwegetisgreajL rm not going to get into whether! think this guy should be hiier or that guy lower I never have HI I think we're well represented" UC Santa Barbara swingmanBranduirmRiIlove was uuned player of the year UC Riverside forward Nate Carter freshman of foe year and UC Santa n coach Bob Williams coach of foe year Gauchos were fee only team to The have two players on the first team In addition to F—lltah State1 Bar-ba- released by the Big West Monday morning All five also made it a point to credit any of their indi-:‘- H vidual accolades to fee team's success Tm glad I was honored as one of the top five players in the conference" said senior forward - first-pla- ce SeeDEZonAll' Utah St shining Nelson wins off field in all-arou- nd ByN Utah State University football standout Jesse Busts graduated this past fell wife a 3£3 grade point average in management He was named seconAeam academic Vm for the second consecutive year Busta's academic excellence is not atypical rtf the Aggies' success in the classroom GPAs and fee number of academic honorees among Utah State stndent-afelete- s keep ditnbing each year This post fell 54 percent of USlTs student-athletposted a 3 J) GRAorbetta By Shawn Harrison Aggie head gymnastics coach Ray Corn said it all before the final event Monday night at the ict Spectrum "It comes down to floor" Com said as Utah State prepared for the floor exercise In other words the meet was in the bag The newly 24th-rankAggies have been turning in big floor semes lately And they dided es n't UTAH STATE GYMNASTICS the4 on hand NBA Utah 83 Miami 73 Atlanta 95 LA Clippers 86 Minnesota 92 Dallas 83 tndudfog6percea(19ovenifl) feat boasted a perfect 40 GPA ApU-da- y "Wb are very proud Aggtes195J5 195375 195075 USU danced to a win and a solid score of 19385 that will ' Carolina 6 Columbus 5 Washington 2 Philadelphia Florida 2 NY Rangers 1 1 tJT Montreal 3 Nashville 1 Toronto 3 Edmonton 2 Phoenix 2 Colorado 2 tie Detroit 3 Los Angeles 2 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL pm ESPN — Horizon League Conference championship game Butler vs Wisconsin-Milwauke- 7 ' pm TENNIS pm Tennis Masters ESPN — Series Pacific Lite Open earty round at Indian Wells Calif' ATP-WT- 3 pm - A Tennis MasESPN2 ters Series Pacific Lite Open early round at Indian Wells Calif 9 pm Tennis MasESPN2 ters Series Pacific Lite Open earty round at Indian Wells Calif - ATP-WT- ATP-WT- A A WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 pm See STRONG on All ESPN2 — Big East Conference championship game Connecticut vs villanova at Piscataway NJ : of the shi dents' performance in fee classroom" USU Athletics Director Ranee Pugmire said "I commend them and their respective head coaches on their commitment at Utah State University where academics come first" The cumulative GPA of all of USlTs student-athletis 2995 and 159 Aggies — 54 percent — have a 30 cumulative average or better including 139 with at least a 32 average "I am very pleased with where we are as a whole academically" USU Assistant Athletics Director for Student Services Brian Evans said "We have quality student-athletthat are dedicated to doing well in fee classroom" This past fall USU once again led the Big West Conference with 23 academic selections in the fall of volleyball soccer sports and men's and women's cross country Annually fee Aggies lead the league in academic selections "We have had a string of good academic performances over fee past three fell terms — increasing cumulative grade point averages each es MNch MascaroHerald Journal State freshman Jessica Parenti performs her routine on the balance beam during Monday nightte meet at the Spectrum Parenti set a career high on fee beam Utah ESPN — Sun Belt Conference championship game Mid Tennessee vs W Kentucky at Bowling Green Ky ConferESPN2 — ence championship game Valparaiso vs IUPUI at Kansas City Mo SOCCER 12:30 pm ESPN2 — UEFA Champions League group phase 2 matchday 11 Internazionale FC vs Newcastle United FC at Milan Italy 1 9) hs e ' es nd On television 5 improve its all important Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) Southern Utah finished second at 195375 and No 23 Central Michigan recorded a 195075 to round out fee field The Aggies (8-held a slight two-tentlead over the Chippe-wa- s (19-5- ) heading into the final rotation "I didn't know how close it was" said Meagan Nelson who ' title with a won the 3935 "I just knew we had to stay together to have a chance to win and finish off strong" USU did exactly that holding off a late surge by the Thunder-bird- s on the uneven bars (1 Nicole Kilpatrick and Liesel Kohler turned in the best scores of the night on floor (9875) while Jessica Parenti tied for third with a 9825 Kilpatrick and Parenti made it an Aggie sweep in fee race wife scores of 39325 and 3925 respectively "I really didn't know fee lead we had heard it was very close" Corn said "Again we had a floor performance feat was 2) NHL Strauss USU athletic medte relations nd IUPUI E2 Southern Utah 67 v i as ' 'j 1 staff writer That was the general response of all five Aggies who made the list which was A 2002Dl3VMtSS By Jeff Hunter Spencer Nelson’s reaction to being an honorable mention selection on the 2002-0- 3 Big West Men’s Basketball Team? "It's nice but if s not something I really think much about" Utah State's sophomore center said "I might smile for a second but that's w ' 34eam meet USU women’s tennis 6-- 1 - rj3r" Ifennis player Ryan Bair was named Utah State's Athlete of the Wsek it was announced ion Monday The honor is selected by a local media paneL Bair a junior from Logan was the only Aggie to go undefeated in both singles and doubles in USlTs 4-- 3 win against Weber State and its 6-- 1 loss to St Mary's last week In singles play Bair improved his spring record to 3 with wins over WSUs Martin Sitek 4-- 6 6-- 1 (10-- 4) and Si Mary's Josh Farley 6-- 4 3-- V See SHINING on All Malone Jazz take care of Heat Utah bounces back from loss to Dallas ' MIAMI (AP) — Feasting on 0 teams could be the Utah Jazz's formula for a 20th consecutive postseason appearance The ' lottery-boun- d Miami Heat didn’t : sub-50- deviate from the trend Monday night The Jazz took advantage of a Heat squad missing injured leading scorer Eddie Jones to defeat Miami 3 Karl Malone scored 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Jazz which is 20--7 against teams with losing records but only 0 against winning teams The Jazz came off consecutive 83-7- 16-2- losses to Western Conference powers Dallas and Sacramento “Losing leaves a bad taste in your mouth so this does not take the loss to Sacramento and Dallas away” Malone said “Everybody wants to talk about you played hard but a loss is a loss “We got embarrassed in Dallas so to bounce back and get the win that’s what is important at this point” Matt Harpring added 17 points and John Stockton 14 as Utah bounced back from a nt loss ' at Dallas on Saturday night The Jazz avoided a third consecutive loss by taking an early lead against the Heat ami never relinquishing it The Heat could not get closer than seven on Malik Allen's book shot with 1:43 remaining making it 24-poi- 3 Harpring made two free throws with a minute left and Malone converted one of two free throws wife 36 seconds remaining securing the win “A win is a win no matter how you look at it” Haipring said “A win over the Miami Heat is the same thing as a win over Dallas in the standings We’ve got to win “There's guys right behind us in the standings and of course there's guys right ahead of us too So we’ve got to win” has lost four Miami (20-4since Jones injured his straight ankle in practice Coach Pat Riley who has had s with affidaU this previous season was ejected by referee Mark Wunderlich receiving his 80-7- 3) run-in- See JAZZ on All AP photo Utah's drag Oatartag Hocks a shot by MtamTa Harts Beat during Mondayla game V |