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Show B4 SPORTS Softball nabs two commits for 2012-13 Now•senior Amanda Perez readies to swing in a 2011 regular season game. OREM, Utah - Reigning PCSC Mountain Division Coach of the Year Todd Fairbourne announced that two players signed National Letters of Intent to play at Utah Valley University. Joining the Wolverine softball program for the 2013 season will be Debra Lovell (Downey, Calif.) and Morgan Summers (Tremonton , Utah). "We are trying to upgrade the program and we're very excited to have signed these two individuals," Fairbourne said. "The two will bring speed and power to the team. We are going to lose some key contributors from our lineup after this season and by adding these two we feel like they will help to improve the program." Lovell is a junior college transfer from Midland College in Midland, Texas. She will come to UVU as a junior and brings many accolades with her, as she was an AllConference and All-Region player during her freshman year at Midland. The third baseman was also Offensive Player of the Year during her freshman campaign Robinson named GWC player of the week TEAMATES from B1 Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics Utah Valley men's basketball forward Geddes Robinson was named the Great West Conference Player of the Week on Monday. It's the second time in the season's first three weeks that Robinson, who shared the award with Marcus Davis of Houston Baptist, has received the honor. "He's playing well for us," said coach Dick HunNAPERVILLE, Ill. saker of the senior forward, who was named to the GWC Preseason All-Conference second team. Robinson scored 12 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and had three steals in a 67-59 loss at SEC Arkansas and followed that performance up three days later with 16 points and 11 rebounds in an 89-83 loss at two-time defending Summit League champion Oakland. stop playing basketball, teaching junior high or high school. When asked what they would do if they weren't playing basketball, neither was sure, but Mason said, "going to school thinking about playing basketball." Along with their talents they also brought some pregame rituals to the UVU team. While in high school they set up a lot of pregame traditions. One of the rituals they had was finding heads- bigger than her position. She isn't noticed like big scorers, but when you look up at the scoreboard she has made a big difference. She does all the little things that make a big difference." The two also have more in common than just basketball. Mason is going into health education and Mansfield is going into physical education. Both would be looking at doing the same thing when they anthropology major who works as a court supervisor for the program, has noticed the level of competition amongst the players. "They get serious because it's extremely important to them," she said of the players. When asked why she thought they felt that way, she said "because to them, they are still all-stars." Jim Hunter, one of the officials covering the game concurred, saying that the intramural program featured "mostly guys who didn't have quite what it takes to play in college" and that the program acted as a "chance for players to impress their girlfriends." The intramural basketball playoffs will conclude with the winner decided Dec. 7 in the physical education building. The first game will start at 6 p.m. The program, which has been around for years, hopes to continue to draw players to participate. Though the program traditionally only runs through fall semester, an "elite" league is in the process of being formed in time for January. The league will be even more highly competitive and will provide certified referees, hopefully to keep the arguing to a minimum. Colin McGrath can be reached at cmcgrath2244@ gmail.com up lucky pennies and taping them face up and then giving them to their assistant coach, who would hold them during games so they could high-five the pennies. They also ate donuts on game-days their junior year. Another tradition that they have brought is wearing tattoos. In high school the team would wear a temporary tattoo on their thigh and that is one they have carried on here this year as well. They are us- ing Ed Hardy-styled tattoos right now, but once they run out they will just go to a vending machine and see what they get. The team is full of best friends. But if these two old friends are able to repeat what they did in high school after two bad years, then things will be looking up for the Women's team at UVU. Jarom Moore can be reached at jarommoore@ gmail .com ing the Hurricanes hopes of tying the game. White Magic went on to win the game 58-54. Clay Meryhew and George Larsen contributed in the win as well, shutting the Hurricanes' offense down with their post defense. The two games won by White Magic were the highlight of the night, though there were several other games played up until midnight. Senior finance major Nathan Lloyd, playing for White Magic, relished the opportunity to still play competitively. "It's more relaxed than high school, but the competition is really good," Lloyd said when asked how the intramural program compared to high school play. Another player from a different participating team admitted that intramurals helped him cope with not being scouted by colleges after his senior year of high school. The majority of the participants acknowledged that they played basketball in high school. But the odds of being able to make it to the next level were historically not in their favor. A 2010 study conducted by the Houston Chronicle suggested that only 0.7 percent of high school basketball players were offered scholarships to play at the college level. Marisa McKane, a senior _,studentjiving.redefined. # —,..211111111111111 jatE,J, ltarctin at Isimmomw UMMET at E ltarctitz at 1551/./ -114c310- E-in 4, as she batted .417 with 15 home runs. During her time at Downey High School in Downey, Calif., Lovell was a First Team All-League selection all four years and a two-time First Team All-CIF player. She was also a twotime Golden Glove award recipient. "Debra is a middle of the order hitter and I'm expecting her to come right in and make an immediate impact at third base or somewhere in the infield," Fairbourne added. "She was looked at by a number of other schools, some of which that are top 30 or top 40 programs." Summers, the younger sister of current UVU softball pitcher Josi Summers, is a senior at Bear River High School in Garland, Utah. 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