Senior tennis player Courtney Choate was one of 15 student-athletes named to the Verizon Academic All-American at-large team on June 13. The group comprises female student-athletes competing in tennis, swimming, golf, rifle, skiing, crew and gymnastics. Choate graduated from UNM in May with a degree in marketing and a 4.03 GPA.
With a well-earned place in the final eight of the 2002 World Cup, the United States soccer team has done the seemingly impossible on two counts.
UNM filled one of its recent coaching vacancies Tuesday with the hiring of Washburn University head softball coach Kim Newbern.
Former UNM football player and Chicago Bear Brian Urlacher gives pointers to children participating in his football camp Tuesday morning at the Lobo practice fields.
Academics were on the agenda at the latest Mountain West Conference Board of Directors meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. - expansion was not.
The UNM men's golf team may have struggled to a 26th-place finish at last week's NCAA Championships, but it displayed the same steady play it had throughout the season.
UNM center fielder Matt Young, was named to the freshmen All-American team by Collegiate Baseball magazine Wednesday. He was also was a first-team Mountain West Conference pick. Freshman third baseman Josh Mader was named to the honorable mention team.
The UNM track team finished the season at the Mountain West Conference outdoor track championships May 18. The Lobo men finished fourth in the six-team field, while the women finished seventh in their eight-team field. Top finishers for the team were sophomore Mark Johnson, who won the men's decathlon, and junior Keren Sari-Bentzur, who placed third in the heptathlon. Both are participating in the NCAA outdoor track championships in Baton Rouge, La. this weekend. Also representing UNM at the NCAA championship is freshman high jumper Kelly Myers, who is ranked 11th in the country. The two Lobo women are the first to participate in the NCAA championships since 1998. Brigham Young University captured both the men's and women's championships.
The University of New Mexico baseball team ended the 2002 season with a sputter, losing two straight games at the Mountain West Conference championship in Provo, Utah.
Staff Report The University of New Mexico announced Tuesday that volleyball coach Tom Peterson resigned to accept the men's volleyball head coach position at Brigham Young University.
Just as the UNM men's golf team began to heat up, the rains came to cool it off in the first round of the NCAA men's golf championship at Columbus, Ohio Wednesday.
The UNM baseball team won two of three games this weekend on the road against the University of Utah.
The UNM football team will showcase its strength and power in its annual Night of Champions weightlifting exhibition today at University Stadium.
Leanne Vigil has been selected by the United States Olympic Weightlifting governing body to compete for the women's under-23 team at the prestigious Guatemala Cup next week.
Freshman Hank Baskett III of the men's track and field team and sophomore Hayley Punter of the women's softball team are the New Mexico Daily Lobo Athletes of the Week.
The UNM women's golf team will go up against some of the best teams in the nation this week after being selected to participate in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf West Regional.
The UNM women's softball team earned its first conference doubleheader sweep of the season Saturday when the Lobos defeated Brigham Young University in both games at Lobo Field.
The UNM men's basketball team received good news Monday when head coach Ritchie McKay announced that freshman forward Jamaal Williams has decided to stay with the program.
Toronto 89, Detroit 83: Behind Keon Clark's 19 points and 16 rebounds and Morris Peterson's career playoff-high 20 points the Raptors staved off elimination Tuesday night beating beat Detroit in Game 4 of their first-round series. The win sets up a decisive Game 5 Thursday night in Detroit.
The UNM men's tennis team took home third place in the Mountain West Conference Tournament this weekend in Las Vegas, Nev.
Solutions by The State News
