THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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"I showed that I can run a team, make shots. I did what my coaches wanted to see me do."
QUOTE OF THE DAY
—Tyshawn Taylor on his successful play in the NBA Summer Leagues
Source: Newsday.com
MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012
FACT OF THE DAY
The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame's first inductee class came in 1961, and included KU greats such as Forrest "Phog" Allen, James Naismith and Jim Bausch.
Source: Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
FOOTBALL
Q: Who was the last KU women's basketball player to get drafted by the WNBA?
A: Danielle McCray was drafted in 2010 to the Connecticut Sun.
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Sophomore place kicker Ron Doherty looks towards the goal post goals before attempting to put a harty on the score board in November of 2011.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
VIRAJ AMIN
editor@kansan.com
BLAKE SCHUSTER editor@kansan.com
Senior tight end Mike Ragone has been named to the John Mackey Award watch list by the Nassau County Sports Commission, and junior kicker Ron Doherty was selected by the Augusta Sports Council for the Ray Guy Award
Ragone
Doherty
Preseason Watch List.
The John Mackey Award is given out to the nation's top tight end. Ragone, a 6-foot-4-inch, 262-pound senior from Cherry Hill, N.J., transferred to Kansas from Notre Dame along with former Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist.
Ragone played five seasons for the Fighting Irish, where he recorded 11 catches for 109 yards.
Ragone battled injuries in South Bend, where he missed the entire 2009 season and all but one game in 2011 with a knee injury.
UNIV. OF NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS Senior tight end Mike Ragone handles the ball for Notre Dame during a game last season. Ragone transferred to Kansas along with quarterback Dayne Crist.
times, and finished 27th in the country with a 42.8-yard punt average.
Doherty joins 24 other kickers
The winners of both awards will be decided by vote and an-
vying for the award given annually to college football's best punter. Last season, the Klein, Texas, native pinned Jayhawk opponents behind their own 20-yard line 15
nounced at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show on Dec. 6.
-Edited by Megan Hinman
TRACK AND FIELD
Sophomore jumps on world stage for United States
Casey Bowen, a sophomore from Gardner, competed in the pole vault on July 10 at the International Association of Athletics Federation World Junior Track and Field Championships in Barcelona, Spain. According to a KU Athletic Department news release, Bowen finished in a tie for 11th place in his qualification flight, but did not advance to the final event.
Bowen cleared 4.75 meters on his first attempt on Tuesday. He pault-vaulted over 4.95 meters on his third attempt at height, which was his last
clearance, leaving him in a tie for 11th place in the 15-person flight.
Bowen earned a spot on the 2012 Team USA after finishing second at the U.S. Junior Championships in Bloomington, Ind. on June 15. He is one of two Americans who represented the U.S. in the pole vault at the World Junior Championships.
In his first season at Kansas, Bowen was one of the most consistent pole-vaulters, competing in both the indoor and outdoor Big 12 Championships. He came in seventh place at the outdoor league meet and qualified his way into the NCAA West Preliminary Meet, where he tied for 41st.
—Kelsea Eckenrath
BASKETBALL
NBA ORLANDO SUMMER LEAGUE STATS
Former KU basketball players Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson are impressing in their NBA summer league games.
TYSHAWN TAYLOR
4 Games
MPG: 29.8
FG: 44%
PPG: 15.5
Rebounds: 2.5
APG: 2.5
SPG: 1.2
THOMAS ROBINSON
Source: NBA.com
2 Games
28 MPG
FG: 33%
PPG: 16.5
Rebounds: 8.5
APG: 2.0
SPG: 1.5
-Viraj Amin
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