Athletics Good Stuff – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
May 22, 2006
Athletes of the Week
Baseball junior third baseman Ronnie Bourquin hit four homeruns in five games last week, a week he hit .429. He had six hits(in 14 at bats), but drove in eight runs and scored five times. Oneof 16 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy and one of 30finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, Bourquin drew three walksand added a sacrifice fly. He was 2-for-2 with a home run and drovein two runs in a 3-0 shutout victory over Penn State and thenfollowed it up with a 2-for-3 day that had two home runs, includinga two-run laser in the fourth and a solo shot in the sixth to helpOhio State to a 12-2 win the clinched the series. The Big Ten’sleading batter with a .426 average, also had a home run in themidweek game vs. Pittsburgh and finished the week with a 1.296slugging percentage and had an on-base percentage of .500. He nowhas eight home runs on the year, the third most in the Big Ten andthe most by a Buckeye this year. He was named Big Ten Player of theWeek Monday, marking his third honor this season. Softball juniorJamee Juarez threw a 10-inning shutout to lead the Buckeyes to a1-0 win over No. 25 Auburn Thursday in the opening game of theArizona Regional of the NCAA tournament. Juarez (La Puente,Calif./Wilson) scattered six hits and notched her 500th careerstrikeout in the first inning. She would go on to toss her sixthshutout of the season and the 19th of her career and match hercareer-high for innings pitched, which she first did in OhioState’s last NCAA tournament win, a 2-0 win over Bethune-Cookman inthe Tallahassee Regional on May 20, 2004. In the win over Auburn,Juarez tied OSU assistant coach Kristi DeVries for second-place onthe OSU career shutouts list (19). The game also marked her 16thcomplete game of the season and 51st of her career. Juarez thenallowed only two earned runs to Auburn in an elimination gameFriday but the Buckeyes were knocked out of the regional as Juarezended her season 17-11.
Athletics Good Stuff
The Ohio State Scholar-Athlete Dinner will be held Wednesday atthe Greater Columbus Convention Center. This year, 434student-athletes will be recognized as Ohio State Scholar-Athletesat the banquet. Over $80,000 in postgraduate scholarships will beawarded at the banquet as well.
Five male and five female Ohio State senior student-athletes have been selected as finalists for the 2006 Big Ten Medal of Honor. The male nominees are: Andrew Bender (Lacrosse/Wooster, Ohio), Boaz Ellis (Fencing/ Moshav Zippori, Israel), Scott Green (Tennis/North Canton, Ohio), Brian Olinger (O-ling-er) (Cross Country and Track and Field/Fresno, Ohio) and Jason Rogers (Fencing/Los Angeles, Calif.). The female finalists are: Danielle Dietrich (DEE-trick) (Soccer/Cincinnati, Ohio), Carly Grimshaw (Synchronized Swimming/Markham, Ontario), Ninett Kossowsky (NIH-net kos-SOV-ski) (Rowing/ Taucha, Germany), Keturah Lofton (KAH-tore-ah) (Track and Field/Zanesville, Ohio) and Elizabeth Tompkins (Rowing/Westerville, Ohio).
A male and female honoree will be awarded the 2006 Big Ten Medal of Honor at the Ohio State Scholar-Athlete Dinner. The Big Ten Medal of Honor Award was established by the Big Ten Conference office in 1914 and is awarded at each member institution to a student-athlete in the graduating class. An additional award for the top female was instituted in 1982. The two winners are chosen according to both academic and athletic proficiency. This honor includes a postgraduate scholarship for the recipients who would like to pursue a graduate or professional program at Ohio State.
Ohio State will play host to the 2006 NCAA Women’s GolfChampionships beginning Tuesday. The four rounds of competitionwill be held on the Ohio State University Scarlet Course. Eachround will cost $10, while an all-session pass is available for$20. A complete schedule is available at ohiostatebuckeyes.com,while live scoring is available at golfstat.com. For tickets pleasevisit hangonsloopy.com. The seventh-ranked rowing team makes itsseventh-consecutive appearance at the national championships May26-28 in West Windsor, N.J. The 2006 NCAAs are hosted by thePrinceton National Rowing Association and Rutgers University atMercer Lake. The NCAA championships are comprised of three races:first and second varsity eight and first varsity four. Last year,OSU tied its best team finish in program history by placing fourthoverall. Ohio State is one of 12 teams named to the field May 16with four first varsity eight boats receiving at-large bids. Alongwith the Buckeyes, fellow Big Ten teams Michigan State andWisconsin were also selected and Minnesota’s first varsity eightreceived an at-large bid.
The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association announced its All-Region and National Scholar Athlete selections Monday. Five Buckeyes were named to the All-Central Region, including senior Ninett Kossowsky (NIH-net kos-SOV-ski) and junior Annabelle Fago (FOG-o) to the first team as well as senior Beth Tompkins, junior Jessica Shepherd and freshman coxswain Colleen Saville to the second team. Fago and Tompkins were also named CRCA National Scholar Athletes along with teammates Jana Schiller (YAH-na) and Gabriele Albertaviciute (all-bert-a-vi-CHOO-taa). All seven Buckeyes receiving honors are members of the nationally-ranked first varsity eight boat.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams will send 16individuals and two relay teams to the 2006 NCAA Mideast RegionalChampionships Friday and Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. TheUniversity of Tennessee’s Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium willserve as the host venue for the fourth running of the regionalmeet. Ohio State played host to the initial Mideast regional atJesse Owens Stadium in 2003. The No. 6 men’s tennis team fell toNo. 3 Texas Sunday in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals at theSan Francisco Tennis Club by a 4-3 score after downing NorthCarolina, 4-0, in the Round of 16 Saturday. The match vs. theLonghorns ended a record-setting campaign for the 2005-06 Buckeyes.Ohio State finished the season setting several school records. The2005-06 Buckeyes own the best record in school history (28-2), thelongest win streak (19), the best winning percentage (.933) andtied the best showing in an NCAA tournament by advancing to thequarterfinals. The Buckeye doubles tandem of Scott Green and RossWilson, the top seed, will begin play in the NCAA doubleschampionship Wednesday, while Devin Mullings will be participatingin the singles competition. Baseball improved to 35-19 overall andfinished Big Ten play with a 19-12 record after beating Penn Statethree out of four games last weekend at Bill Davis Stadium. TheBuckeyes won 4-3 Friday before losing 3-2 Saturday, but theyresponded to claim 3-0 and 12-2 victories the final two games ofthe series. The win in the finale was the 35th win for theBuckeyes, giving them at least 35 wins each of the last 16 seasons.Ronnie Bourquin continued to stay hot at the plate against PennState. The semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and the BrooksWallace Award was 5-for-12 (.417) with three home runs, seven RBIand four runs scored. Senior Jedidiah Stephen led the Buckeyes inhis final weekend at Bill Davis Stadium. He was 7-for-14 with adouble and a home run for three RBI and three runs scored. Bourquinmaintains his conference lead with a .426 batting average. In fact,the Buckeyes rank 1-2-3 in individual batting average entering theBig Ten tournament. Behind Bourquin are teammates Eric Fryer, whois batting .385, and Matt Angle, who is batting .377. On the mound,Ohio State owns a 3.59 ERA to lead the Big Ten. Dan DeLucia becamethe first 10-game winner at Ohio State since 1999 when Justin Frywon 11 games and E.J. Laratta won 10. DeLucia picked up the win inthe series opener vs. Penn State to improve to 10-2 overall and 7-1in the Big Ten. His 10 wins leads the Big Ten by three victories.The Buckeyes will be the third seed in this week’s Big Tentournament in Ann Arbor, Mich., which begins Wednesday when OhioState meets No. 6 seed Purdue at 3:35 p.m. The softball teamtraveled to Tucson, Ariz., last week for the Arizona Regional ofthe NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes, making their third NCAA regionaltrip in the last six years, knocked off No. 25 Auburn, 1-0,Thursday before falling to No. 1 Arizona and Auburn Friday to beeliminated from the tournament. OSU finished the 39-23, which tiedfor the fifth-most wins in a season in program history. Last week,sophomore Brittany Vanderink was named first-team all-region, whilejuniors Megan Schwab and Nycole Koyano were named second-team. TheBuckeyes said goodbye to four seniors in their season finale,including outfielder Chelsea Baker, shortstop Billie Carder, thirdbaseman Stacy Hibma and outfielder Nicole Lancaster. Robert Gary,Ohio State men’s and women’s cross country head coach, announcedthe men’s and women’s schedule for the 2006 season Monday. OSU willplay host to a home meet for the first time since the 2003 seasonwhen it welcomes competing teams to the Buckeye Invitational Sept.15. The OSU men will look to successfully defend their 2005All-Ohio team title Oct. 6 and will seek to improve on asecond-place finish at the 2005 Big Ten meet Oct. 29 inBloomington, Ind. The NCAA Championships are scheduled for Nov. 20in Terre Haute, Ind. The Buckeye men were 11th in the nation lastseason. Marscilla Packer, who finished her sophomore season for thewomen’s basketball team in 2006, was named one of 18 finalistsSunday for the 2006 USA Basketball Under-20 National Team. Packer,the Big Ten’s leading 3-point shooter last season, participated inthe first round of tryouts Friday through Sunday in ColoradoSprings.
Packer will vie for a position on the final roster in late July. Dates and location of the second round of tryouts is undetermined. The final 12 members of the USA U20 National Team will be announced in August and will travel to Mexico City, Mexico Aug. 9-13 for the FIBA Americas U20 Championship.
Women’s gymnasts Maalika Moore-Thomas and Brittany Livingstonwere named Ohio State’s 2006-07 co-captains Wednesday as the teamcelebrated its 2005-06 season at its annual awards banquet. Headcoach Carey Fagan and assistants Bill Lorenz and Jay Santos handedout three awards to freshman Alyssa Meyer (Best Attitude,Co-Coaches Award, Co-Academic Achievement), two to senior Kaylin(Co-Coaches Award, Most Dedicated) and one each to senior EmilySineway (Co-Academic Achievement), sophomore Kaylan Clevinger (MostImproved) and Moore-Thomas (“O”chievement Award).
Ohio State Athletics Schedule
Tuesday, May 23 – Sunday, May 28
Tuesday, May 23
NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio
Wednesday, May 24
Baseball vs. Purdue, 3:30 p.m.
Big Ten Tournament
Ann Arbor, Mich.
NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio
Men’s Tennis at NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships
Stanford, Calif.
Thursday, May 25
NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio
Baseball at Big Ten Tournament
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Men’s Tennis at NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships
Stanford, Calif.
Friday, May 26
NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio
Track at NCAA Mideast Regionals
Knoxville, Tenn.
Baseball at Big Ten Tournament
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Men’s Tennis at NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships
Stanford, Calif.
Rowing at NCAA Championships
West Windsor, N.J.
Saturday, May 27
Rowing at NCAA Championships
West Windsor, N.J.
Baseball at Big Ten Tournament
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Track at NCAA Mideast Regionals
Knoxville, Tenn.
Men’s Tennis at NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships
Stanford, Calif.
Sunday, May 28
Men’s Tennis at NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships
Stanford, Calif.
Rowing at NCAA Championships
West Windsor, N.J.
Baseball at Big Ten Tournament
Ann Arbor, Mich.
