Show Jim Section Thursday April 22 2004 Page 1 The Herald Journal Prestwich top academic Inside By Mike Strauss USU athletic media relations Emily Prestwich became the fifth women's track athlete in the last eight yeans to claim the top academic honor at the annual Utah State University Joe E Whitesides Awards lete Luncheon Wednesday The luncheon is sponsored by the Sports Academy and Racquet Club Sky View has little trouble with Mountain Crest B2 f In all 156 i Sports briefs Summerall released JACKSONVILLE Fla (AP) — Broadcaster Pat Summerall was released Wednesday from St Luke's Hospital where he received a liver transplant earlier this month Summerall will remain in ti Jacksonville area for several Weeks for outpatient care until his doctors clear him to return home to Texas the hospital said in a statement The former NFL kicker received a new liver on April 10 A recovering alcoholic Summerall qualified for a transplant through blood tests that rank poten' tial recipients anonymously in Summerall played the NFL from 1952-6-1 before becoming a ' broadcaster for the next 40 years He teamed with John Madden to eall Fox’s lead game from 1994-0- 1 The two called eight Super Bowls ' together Summerall has’called 16 Sharpe to still play DENVER (AP) — Tight end Shannon Sharpe will return to the Denver Broncos for at least one more season “Shannon called Coach (Mike) Shanahan a few days ago and con- firmed that with him" Broncos spokesman Jim Saccomano said After completing his 14th season Sharpe said in January he might retire and planned on announcing his deci-- sion before this weekend’s draft so the team would know whether to look for a replacement Sharpe is the NFL’s career leader ih receptions (815) and j Scholar-Ath- man- student-athlet- es agers and trainers were recognized for recording a 32 cumulative grade point average orhaving a 32 GPA for the last two semesters The 156 honorees were just one shy of last year’s school record The Aggie soccer team was recognized for having the best GPA among teams with at least 20 members beating out runner-u- p women’s e track and football For teams with less than 20 members gymnastics posted the best combined GPA with volleyball finishing second and men's'tennis placing third Gymnastics also earned the most improved team honor with golf second and volleyball third third-plac- Prestwich a distance runner' from Cedar City earned the Joe E White-side- s award after posting a 395 grade point average at USU She was rewarded glad to see student-athletfor their academic achievements “I am glad we are getting recognized for something other than athletics” she said: “A lot of times we identify ourselves with what we do — I run track" Prestwich who has one more year of school plans to work on a master’s in social work and then work in the mental health field at a hospital or possibly go into counseling She credited athletics with keeping her in line academically “It helps me to structure my time es better” she said at USU her coaches and her parents as well as her teammates and all the athletes that were in attendance at the annual luncheon “My parents encouraged me to excel from when I was little" she said This fall Prestwich finished 37th at the Big West Cfoss Country Championships and 59th at the NCAA Regionals' She is competing in the 3000-rtietsteeplechase in the outdoor track season Other individual honors were given out as well Glerin Davis the university's registrar earned the Meet The Challenge award for his efforts in helping the athletics department Robin Edwards Pang was named the Outstanding Tutor er Prestwich thanked her professors See AGGIE on B3 FODDD Chadwick Alley shine By Thomas Manning sports writer v- - w- - v- - t 1299 and 2712 seconds In the 4 x 100 relay and 200- It was another collision of meter medley it was ChadCache Valley rivals on wick and friends producing Wednesday as the Logan Grizzlies hosted the Mountain two more victories Crest Mustangs in a Region 4 ' “I was a little scared at the ' dual track meet beginning of the season because I wasn’t doing my The undefeated Lady Grizzlies continued their domivery best” Chadwick said “But now I think the season is nance delivering punch after punch before finally knocking going well” Kira Datwyler Cathrine out the Mustangs 925-37- 5 Hatch mid Jaicee Kuresa kept Meanwhile the Logan boys the Mustangs from posting a who have struggled this sea' son vented a bit on their goose egg by producing the fin- nemesis from Hyrum handing Stangs’ three is still who wishes 2 Mountain Crest a Datwyler lofl: “I’m very excited about' trying to recover from a knee what we could do” Grizzly injury turned inn 13:17 time in the 3200-metrun to take coach Kelly Bennett said the top slot : The Grizzly girls allotted a “I’m just happy to be back mere three first places to the ' 13 while grabbing top running” Datwyler said “It’s Stangs been a long while I really honors for themselves It was ' Chadit while I was gone” missed sophomore Brittany ' Hatch took care of business wick stepping up andtakinga in the run with a lead role in the mauling time of 5:55 And it was The young sprinter posted two individual first places and Kuresa a freshman clearing in the high jump on her aided in two relay wins Chadwick's feet seemed to way to the win “I feel pretty good” Kuresa only slightly touch the track said “It’s nice to come to as she raced to victory in the 100- - and 200rmeter dashes' See GRIZZ on B2 respectively with times of' - first-pla- ce 93-4- er - Thursday's scores - NBA playoffs Milwaukee 92 Detroit 88 Miami 93 New Orleans 63 Minnesota 95 Denver 81 1600-met- AL ' : Boston 4 Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 7 Baltimore 3 Kansas City at Cleveland ppd rain NY Yankees 3 Chicago White Sox 1 Detroit 11 Minnesota 8 Oakland 7 Seattle 4 Texas 4 Anaheim 1 er 5-f- " Eli LuceroHeraW Journal Mountain Crest's Nate Squires competes in the pole vault against Logan Wednesday afternoon Squires won the event but the Grizzlies claimed the team victory NL Chicago Cubs 12 Pittsburgh 1 Louis 12 Houston 6 Florida 8 Philadelphia 7 (12) " Montreal 2 NY Mots 1 Atlanta 9 Cincinnati 5 (IQ) Milwaukee 1 0 Arizona 6 Lbs Angeles 9 Colorado 4 i San Digo 11 San Francisco 0 By Jason Turner sports writer pcl Sacramento 6 Salt Lake 2 On television y I 8am “ MEMPHIS golf TGC — European PGA Tour Spanish Open first round at Tenerife Spain '' 2pm USA— PGATour Houston Open first round at Humble Texas 3 pm TGC — Canadan Tour Central VaMey Classic first round at Stockton Calif V MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1fc30 am v TBS —Atlanta at Cincinnati V : 11am ESPN —Florida at Philadelphia ' 6pm WGN — NY Yankees at Chicago White Sox 3 - - - ' TNT— Playoffs first round Game " 3 New Jersey at New York : : 7t30 pm TNT — Playoffs first round Game 3 San Antonio at Memphis ' NHL V 5d0 pan i 7 i V ESPN — Playoffs conference semt- final Game 1 Calgary at Detroit ESPN2 — Playoffs conference semi- final Game 1 Toronto at Philadelphia ' 8 pm " ESPN2FSN— semifinal Game answered a question about Memphis’ first pro basketball playoff game by detailing how his Kentucky Colonels' won theABA title in 1975 He listed the St Louis roster and pointing out that 72 of 79 players won NBA jobs after the leagues merged Jerry West listened then said: “I can’t remember yesterday How do you remem- : ber that?" “When you’re old you just talk” Brown said “I take advantage of the fact that : ' you’re beingcharitable” Brawn— at70 the oldest Coach in the league— had plenty lo talk about Wednesday after winning die NBA Coach of the Year award - : -- ' ' " APphOtO Memphis Grizzlies head coach Hubie Brown was named NBA Coach of the Year" :7 Baltimore (1969) arid Washington (1982)' “Here we are 26 years later and he wins NBA playoff roundup — B2 another one’said West the Grizzlies’ president of basketball operations West heardplenty of criticisrii whenhe for leading the Memphis Grizzlies to a teanv Browin in November 2002 He could-- : hired record 50 wins and their first playoff berth ' n’t stop Smiling as he presented hjs coach He beat Utah's Jerry Sloan in a dose race ' with the' award at a news conference after1-with 466 points including 62 of 122 first? He called Brown the the Grizzlies’-practic' best coach he has been around place votes from a panel of sports writers and sportscasters “Wg don't even have close to a perfect : The award marks a span between team here and he’s been able to hide some victories for Brown who also was honored of our weaknesses” West said as thefop coach in the 1977-7- 8 season with Atlanta Gene Shue won 13 years apart with See COACH on B6 - NBA Spin"- Even though it was more than likely the Utah Jazz were jn for a forgettable season I must admit I looked forward to the 2003-0- 4 campaign with' much intrigue Tenh'(AP) — Hubie Brown 1 Playoffs conference Colorado at Sari Jose : : myself the Jazz didn't downright stink this year Finishing a painful one game out ofthe final playoff spot in the ridicu- lously strong Western Conference hardly qualifies as a miserable season With this in mind one would think : You see I remember seriously following the team for the fust time back in the late 1980s when it played against the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the play- - offs and since that time Utah had embodied one thing --twinning So when John Stockton and Karl Malone the cornerstones of the franchise didn’t return to the club for the first time in nearly two decades everyone looked at this season as one of rebuildingmajor ' How much so? Enough to prompt one Espncom writer to' predict the Jazz would win a measly nine games (How harsh is that?) this season And that was before Utah was riddled by injuries to Matt Harpring long-tim- V ' e Utah head coach Jerry Sloan would be a shoo-i- n for the NBA Coach of the Year But : alas a panel of NBA sports writers and ' broadcasters didn't fed the same way as Memphishead coach Hubie Brown received the awartl Wednesday It syas a close race with Brown garnering 466 points to : 5loan’s424 and 62 votes to Sloan's 56 Arid it should have been close' because the former Coach of the Year with Atlanta in 977- 78 did a remarkable job with the Grizzlies 7 : ‘ - ' first-pla- - V 26-ye- ar and Keon Clark both of which were proven NBA players Much to the astonishment of most people including ' ce " 1 : - See SNUB oil B6 |