2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2005
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
- Softball at Creighton, 2 p.m., Omaha, Neb.
- Softball at Creighton, 4 p.m., Omaha, Neb.
- Track, Kansas Relays, all day, Memorial Stadium
TOMORROW
TOMORROW
* Banball at Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m., Lubbock, Texas*
* Track, Kansas Relays, all day, Memorial Stadium*
* Women's golf at Texas, all day, Austin, Texas.
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
* Softball vs. Oklahoma, 2 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
* Baseball at Texas Tech, 2 p.m., Lubbock, Texas
* Rowing at Cincinnati, TBA, Cincinnati
* Track at Kansas Relays, all day, Memorial Stadium
* Women's golf at Texas, all day, Austin, Texas
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
* Tennis vs. Texas A&M. 10 a.m., Robinson Court*
* Baseball at Texas Tech. 1 p.m., Lubbock, Texas*
* Softball vs. Oklahoma. 1 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark*
* Women's golf vs. Texas, all day, Austin, Texas*
TENNIS TOP 25
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Division women's rankings were released Tuesday.
The top third of the poll, which is based on team points per match, appears below;
The top third of the poll, which is based on team points per match, appears below:
1. Stanford
2. Northwestern
3. Kentucky
4. Vanderbilt
5. Southern California
6. Georgia Tech
7. Georgia
8. Florida
9. UCLA
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Miami (Fla.)
13. North Carolina
14. Baylor
15. Duke
16. Tulane
17. TCU
18. Tennessee
19. Harvard
20. William & Mary
21. California
22. BYU
23. Washington
24. South Carolina
25. Notre Dame
Rylan Howe/KANSAN
Other Big 12 Conference schools in the ITA's top 75:
31. Texas A&M
35. Nebraska
58. Missouri
62. Colorado
64. Oklahoma
65. Texas Tech
67. Oklahoma State
75. Kansas State
Source: Intercollegiate Tennis Association
'Golf Week' magazine names KU golfer Player of the Week
Kansas women's golf team's sophomore Amanda Costner was named Golf Week magazine's player of the week. Costner won the Lady Boilermaker Invitational on April 10 after shooting a three-round total of 217.
Costner has been Kansas' best player this year, with a 76.8 0 stroke average so far this spring. Costner was also recently named to the Academic All-Big 12 team along with Chelsey Prvor and Meredith Winkelmann.
This semester, Costner played in a total of five events. She finished tied for 15th at the Texas A&M "Mo"morial invitational, 42nd at the Betsy Rawls Invitational, 35th at the LSU Cleveland Classic, 23rd at the Mountain View Collegiate and won sole possession of first at the Lady Boilermaker Invitational.
This weekend he heads to the Big 12 Conference Championship in Austin, Texas.
— Travis Robinett
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Transfer eases into receiver role
FOOTBALL
BY RYANI COLIMNIANI
colaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
Senior cornerback Donnie Amadi chases down junior wide receiver Brian Murph during the spring game last Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Murph impressed fans and coaches by grabbing seven passes for 110 yards and one touchdown.
Coach Mark Mangino knew what he was getting into when wide receiver Brian Murph committed to join the Hawkwinds in January.
"The coaches at Butler said 'Listen, the first couple weeks he's with you, you are going to look up in the air and say 'What is this guy doing?' He'll bust some routes, he'll make some mental mistakes and you'll say 'What the heck,' Mangino said referring to the coaches at Butler County Community College, where Murph transferred from this winter.
"Then about week three, the light started to come on, this past week he looked really smooth and today he hit stride," he said.
When Mangino talked about hitting stride, he was talking about last weekend's spring game. Murph caught seven passes for 110 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Jason Swanson.
"He's a very continuous guy," Mangino said. "He takes his football work very seriously and he is really tough on himself. He pressures himself incredibly hard, and he is a competitor."
It took some time for Murph to get acclimated with the offense at Kansas.
"Oh, Murph is incredible, just his athletic ability alone," sophomore quarterback Adam Barmann said. "You know when he first came in he was raw, he didn't really know what he was doing."
"His reputation in the Jayhawk
"It's all a learning process for him when he first got here," he said. "He knew how to be a receiver, just not in our offense."
Murph was a standout at Butler Community College. He led the team with six touchdown grabs last fall.
league is that he was reliable, dependable and shows up every day." Mangino said.
Murph is not the tallest or biggest receiver on the team at 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds, but it is his leaping ability that has impressed coaches and quarterbacks.
"He's just an incredible athlete, he's a huge weapon for us on the outside and we are glad to have him," Barmann said.
Murph is expected to shoulder a heavy load next season for a wide-receiving corps that lost its leading receiver in Brandon Rideau. The team's second-leading receiver, junior Mark Simmons, returns after catching 48 balls last season for 553 yards and three touchdowns.
Murph will join freshman Marcus Herford as receivers who are expected to see significant time next season
"They are hard workers, they have
great work ethic, and they are talented guys," sophomore cornerback and wide receiver Charles Gordon said of Murph and Herford.
Herford had three catches for 20 yards on Saturday. Herford is still transitioning into the wide receiver position after he was switched from quarterback to receiver midway through spring practices.
Edited by Kim Sweet Rubenstein
Singhelected to Golf Hall of Fame
BY DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vijay Singh's arduous journey from Fiji reached another unimaginable destination yesterday when he was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame with the lowest percentage of votes and help from a clause in criteria.
Singh was the only player elected from the PGA Tour ballot, receiving 56 percent of the vote.
“Coming from where I am, trying to make a living and never thinking about player of the year or the Hall of Fame, this was never in my wildest dreams,” Singh said from the Houston Open, where he is the defending champion. “This is what hard work does. It pays off.”
Few have worked harder than Singh, 42, a self-taught player from tiny Fiji who toiled on tours around the world until his career took off in America. He has 25 victories on the PGA Tour, won three major championships and late last year reached No. 1 in the world ranking.
But his election to the Hall of Fame was a close call.
Players from the PGA Tour and International ballot require 65 percent of the vote for election. Hall of Fame officials two years ago added a stipulation that if no one
gets 65 percent, the players with the most votes will be elected provided he is on at least 50 percent of the ballots.
It was the second time the Hall of Fame changed its criteria, lowering the standard from 75 percent to 65 percent in 2001 after no one from the PGA Tour was elected.
Larrv Nelson.
Singh
who won 10 times and three major championships, finished second in the voting with 55 percent.
Curtis Strange, the dominant American of his generation with 17 victories and the back-to-back U.S. Open titles, received 50 percent of the vote. Two-time major winners Henry Picard (49 percent) and Craig Woods (41 percent) rounded out the top five.
The World Golf Hall of Fame refused to say how many ballots were returned or how many votes Singh, Nelson and other candidates received; it only released percentages.
The induction ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 14 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla., although it was not immediately clear when Singh would be inducted.
Officials noted at the end of the announcement that players had a right to defer their induction if the ceremony conflicted with their playing schedule, noting that Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer each waited one year.
Karrie Webb from the LPGA Tour needs only to play 15 tournaments this year to be eligible for induction. Other inductees could come through the Veteran's Category or through Lifetime Achievement.
Singh was elected after turning in one of the best years in golf.
He became only the sixth player to win at least nine times on the PGA Tour, and shattered the single-season earnings record with nearly $11 million. Along the way, he picked up his third major by winning the PGA Championship in a playoff, and ended Tiger Woods' five-year reign At No. 1 in the world.
Woods recently returned to No. 1 by winning the Masters.
None of this seemed probable when Singh was sprinting across an airport runway in Fiji to get to the golf course, where he was one of the few kids in his country who owned a full set of clubs.
"There were only 500 guys that played golf in Fiji," Singh said. "To be where I am is really incredible. It's hard to even think about it. When you look at where I grew up, how I practiced, where I went from there ... you can't explain it in a few words."
He spent 30 years refining his swing, often studying pictures of Tom Weiskopf in magazines, and
continues to work endlessly on the practice range.
Singh was suspended from the Asian Tour in 1985 over allegations he doctored his scorecard, then worked as a club pro in Borneo trying to save his money to resurrect his career. He won the 1988 Nigerian Open, qualified for the European tour and finally made it to the PGA Tour in 1993, winning the rookie of the year.
He has gotten better with age.
Singh has won 13 times since turning 40—second only to Sam Snead's 17 wins after 40—and his 25 career victories tied him with Tommy Armour of Scotland as the most by an international player.
"This is amazing." Singh said. "It's an honor to be part of an incredible group that is in the Hall of Fame. There's no words to describe it. I'd like to thank everyone who helped me along the way. It's been a long, long journey; a hard journey. I never thought I'd get to where I am now."
THE 25th ANNUAL
FRANKLIN D. MURPHY LECTURES IN ART HISTORY
PROFESSOR, HISTORY OF ART UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
TAMAR GARB
A reception will follow in the museum's Central Court.
"The Body in Time': Degas and the Dance"
Thursday, April 21, 5:30 p.m.
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART, THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
1301 MISSISSIPPI STREET, LAWRENCE
The Murphy Lecucreship was established in 1979 through the Kansas University Endowment Association in honor of former chancellor Dr. Franklin D. Murphy. The Murphy Lecucre series is sponsored by the Spencer Museum of Art, the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at the University of Kansas and the Nelson-Askins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
1301 Mississippi Street, Lawrence
785 664 4710 / www.spencerk.edu.ku
Edouard Maucer, French, 1832-1883, Little Girl in an Armchair: Portrait of Lise de Bello, later Madame Campenato, 1870, on canvas mounted on masonite, Spencer Museum of Art; Gift of Charlotte Curry
GALLIERES OPEN:
Tuesday—Saturday, 10/5 / Thursday, 10/9
Sunday, 1-8 / Closed Monday
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