2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPORTS THURSDAY MARCH 3.2005 ATHLETICS CALENDAR Basketball vs. Austin Peay, 11 a.m., Starkville, Miss TOMORROW SATURDAY Baseball vs. Austin Peay, 11 a.m., Starkville, Miss. Baseball vs. Austin Feely, 1 p.m., Starkville, Miss. Baseball vs. Mississippi State, 3 p.m., Starkville, Miss. Baseball vs. Mississippi State, 3 p.m., Starkville, Miss. ♦ Softball vs. Ball State, 10 e.m., Carbondale, Ill. - Softball vs. Southern Illinois 2 p.m. Carbondale III - F Tennis at Iowa State, noon, Ames, Iowa - Seneca vs. Southern Minns, 2 p.m., Canarsie, Tennis at Iowa State, noon; Ames, Iowa + Softball vs. Southern Illinois; 2 p.m., Carbondale, IL Track at Iowa State, all day, Ames, Iowa SUNDAY - Baseball vs. Mississippi State, noon, Starkville, Miss * Men's basketball at Missouri, 1 p.m., Columbia, Mo. * Softball vs. Valparaiso, 10 a.m., Carbondale, Ill. * Softball, opponent and time TBA, Carbondale, Ill. * Tennis at Iowa, 10 a.m., Iowa City, Iowa MONDAY + Men's Golf at Louisiana-Lafayette, all day, Lafayette, La. INTRAMURAL SCORES TUESDAY BASKETBALL - Men's open first round: The Moose def. Tools, 77-40 All-Stars def. Good if it Goes, 70-49 Young Gunz def. A-Squad, 54-52 Untouchables def. White Girls, 58-41 The Franchise def. Skills that Kill, 83-38 Bubonic Superchronic def. Mr. Bojangles, 50-46 - Men's greek first round: Sigma Chi 3 def, Sigma Nu 3, 59-33 Sig Ep 2, Sigma Nu 2, 50-41 COREC first round: ◉ CAREE first round. K-Unit def. Matt's Awesome Team, 66-49 GOLF Senior golfers help earn repeat victory in San Antonio Senior leadership and a solid overall team performance helped the Kansas men's golf team win the Roadrunner Intercollegiate in San Antonio Tuesday. Senior golfer Kevin Ward emerged as the team's leader through the back nine. Ward's final-round score, 67, was the lowest round of the day and the Ward second-lowest round of the tournament next to tournament champion Jeremy Alcorn of Baylor. Alcorn shot 65 in the opening round. Ward's four under-par round on Tuesday propelled the Jayhawks to beat in-state foe Wichita State by two strokes. He was the only player on the team to shoot under par. Sophomore Tyler Docking remained consistent, finishing the tournament tied for second with a three-round total of 211, which was two-under-par for the tournament. Docking led all Javahawks for the second straight tournament. Coach Ross Randall said he was relieved to leave San Antonio with a victory. "We were lucky to win today," Randall said. "The guys didn't play their best but we still won, and I'm pleased with that." Senior Andrew Price also played well, finishing the tournament tied for 10th overall with a three-round total of 216. Sophomore Gary Woodland contributed with a total score of 223, junior Pete Krsnich finished with a combined score of 225 and junior Luke Trammell, playing as an individual, shot a three-round total of 232. The Jayhawks will try to keep their momentum after winning their first tournament of the spring. They will be in action next week at the Louisiana Classic in Lafayette, La. Athletes praised for academics Tim Hall SWIMMING BY KELLY REYNOLDS kreynolds@kansan.com KANSAN SPORTWRITER The release of the Academic Progress Rate scores have put college athletes under the microscope. The recent focus: what's going on in the classroom in addition to what occurs on the field, court, track or in the water. Seventeen Kansas swimming and diving team members were recognized as part of the 2005 Academic All-Big 12 Team on Feb. 23, an increase from last years' 12 selections. Academic excellence is not new to the team. The Jayhawks have repeatedly performed outstandingly in the classroom. The 2003-2004 team grade point average was 3.39. Along with a high GPA, the team was selected as an Academic All-American Team. They had the highest GPA among all Big 12 Conference swimming and diving teams, the eighth-best team GPA of all public universities, and the highest GPA ever posted by Jayhawk swimmers and divers. Perhaps the biggest accomplishment of the 2003-2004 season was capturing the highest GPA among all KU athletic teams. The entire Academic All-Big 12 Team is composed of 73 student-athletes from the Big 12. Sixty swimmers and divers represent the first team, members with a 5.20 GPA or higher. Thirteen Big 12 swimmers and divers represent the second Name Hannah Bakke Aly Colver Amy Gruber Kristi Hansen Miranda Isaac Robyn Karlege Jackie Krueger Shelby Noonan Jenny Roberts Emily Rusch Jenny Short Lisa Tilson Tricia Tindall Lindsey Urtatchka Becca Zarazan First Team I3.20 GPA or higher SWIMMING AND DIVING ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Name Year Sophomore Senior Senior Sophomore Senior Junior Senior Sophomore Freshman-RS Junior Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Junior Senior Second Team (3.00-3.19 GPA) Name Lia Poglioli Kristin Tirabassi Year Sophomore Sophomore Major Undecided Psychology Strategic Communications Community Health Psychology/ Pre-Nursing Exercise Science Psychology Early Childhood Education Exercise Science Accounting Biology English/ Journalism Business Administration Pharmacy English team, members with a 3.00- 3.19 GPA. Major The Jayhawks have 17 of the 60 first-team selections and two of the 13 second-team selections. Major "It's pretty amazing," junior Gina Gnatzig said, "especially since we have to go to school, train and maintain good grades." Coach Clark Campbell said that freshmen on the team were Senior Aly Colver, a three-time member of the Academic All-Big 12 Team, received special recognition this season as one of only two women in Big 12 swimming and diving to earn a 4.0 GPA. Education Math Education required to complete six study hours per week during their first semester as part of an incentive program to get them started on the right track. With the exception of a little guidance from Laura Jacobsen, the team's academic adviser, the team was motivated and determined to perform well academically. "We have to keep in mind that we're here to go to school first," Gnazitg said. "Seventeen Academic All-Big 12 selections is a better accomplishment than any best time." Source: Kansas Athletics Department Amy Gruber, senior co-captain, agreed that academics were important to the team. She said that spring was the best time for earning good grades because it was the team's off-season. Although the 2005 swimming and diving season is coming to a close and the swimmers and divers no longer have daily practice and weekly meets, that doesn't mean that they don't have other goals to achieve. They plan on devoting the rest of spring semester to excelling out of the pool and in the classroom. Edited by Megan Claus Free agency under way BY DAVE GOLDBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Washington Redskins did it again, jumping yesterday to sign the first free agent of the season. But the Baltimore Ravens landed the biggest prize of the first day of free agency, signing wide receiver Derrick Mason, whose 96 catches for Tennessee last season led all NFL wide receivers. And the Cleveland Browns traded defensive tackle Gerard Warren, the third overall pick in the 2001 draft, to Denver. It was an overall net loss for Cleveland — the Browns will get just a fourth-round draft choice for the underachieving Warren. The 31-year-old Mason, one of six Titans cut last month in a salary cap purge, will join a team whose leading receiver had just 55 catches a year ago. does is, we bring in a veteran receiver who has the type of attitude and type of personality that we look for in a football player." "We were high on his list, and he was high on our list." Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said. "He was really the only receiver we have had any active discussions with thus far. What this does is, we bring in a veteran receiver who has the type of attitude and type of personality that we look for in a football player." Ozzie Newsome Ravens' general manager St. Louis, meanwhile, signed 32-year-old linebacker Dexter Coakley, one day after he was released by Dallas. Washington's catch was a former Raven, center Casey Rabach, who joined a team has spent millions in the early days of free agency the last two seasons. But more significant for the Redskins, who went wildly after high-priced free agents on the first day the last two years, was keeping one of their own — left tackle Chris Samuels, whose contract was redone to provide more salary can room. Those were the major free agents to sign on Day 1 of free agency Oakland also made an expected splash by officially completing the deal for Randy Moss, a trade made last week with Minnesota. The Raiders gave up linebacker Napoleon Harris and two draft picks, one of them the seventh overall in April's lottery. Moss may not be the only significant addition to the Raiders' offense. They appeared close to signing running back Lamont Jordan, who spent four years as Curtis Martin's backup with the New York Iets. He averaged 4.9 yards per carry in part-time duty but has never been a full-time back. Jordan should help, but Moss teamed with the re-signed Jerry Porter is the seemingly perfect combination for the strong arm of quarterback Kerry Collins. The big question is whether the offensive line can protect the immobile and turnover-prone OB. Collins was delighted. Colmis was delighted. "If he's not the best, he's certainly one of the best," he said of Moss. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Two players receive award for academic achievements The women's basketball team has two players on the 2005 Academic All-Big 12 team first team, which was announced yesterday. Senior forward Blair Waltz and junior forward Crystal Kemp were the repeat honorees in the Big 12 Conference. Waltz Waltz, a French and economics major, was also placed on the All-Big 12 first team as a sophomore and won second team honors as a junior. Waltz is one of only 15 players in the league to be awarded academically for three seasons. Kemp is on the All-Big 12 first team for the second time. Kemp, who also leads the Jayhawks in scoring and rebounding, is studying speech, language and hearing. Overall, the Big 12 honored 37 first team student-athletes and placed nine on the second team. To qualify for first team honors, a grade point average of 3.20 or better must be reached. Second team qualifiers need to earn a GPA between 3.00 and 3.19. A GPA of 3.00 or higher is required in either cumulative grades or in the previous two semesters. 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