BCSP Notes . . .
- Southern's Weeks a Finalist
Southern University second baseman Rickie Weeks is one of five finalists announced last week for the 2003 Golden Spikes Award considered amateur baseball's most prestigious award.
USA Baseball - in partnership with the
Major League Baseball Players Association - made
the announcement. The Golden Spikes Award is one of
the most revered honors in amateur sport, and
underscores the commitment of USA Baseball and Major
League baseball players to support the development of
baseball from the grassroots level.
Joining Weeks in the final five is Tulane infielder Michael Aubrey, outfielder Carlos Quentin of Stanford, Wake Forest pitcher Kyle Sleeth and Richmond pitcher Tim Stauffer.
Weeks led the nation in batting in 2002 with a .495 average which included 20 home runs and 96 RBIs. As a junior this season, he has hit a .493 with 12 home runs and 55 RBIs leading Southern to a 45-5 record and its third straight SWAC title.
Four of the five players, including Weeks, are the first players to ever be named a USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalist from their respective schools,
The 2003 Golden Spikes Award winner will be announced on Tuesday, July 15, during the broadcast of the 26th Annual Golden Spikes Award show. The broadcast, presented in conjunction with the Major League Baseball Players Association, will air on Fox Sports Net. The broadcast will be seen on various regional cable sports networks, each covering a region of the country from which the five Golden Spikes Award finalists are from. The television show will be aired just a few hours prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on FOX, and it will be hosted by George Grande - longtime TV play-by-play voice of the Cincinnati Reds.
- B-CC gets Minority Golf win
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman regained the lead over Florida A&M to win the Div. I team competition with a team total of 844 in the 2003 National Minority College Golf Championship at the PGA Golf Club (North Course) in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
The Wildcats took the lead in the final round
when Luke Miller posted a tournament record 8-under-par
64 and James Douris came in with a 6-under-par 66. This
is Bethune-Cookman's third title at the National
Minority College Golf Championship in last five years.
Florida A&M finished at 856 followed by Tennessee State
at 883. South Carolina State and Alcorn State
finished firth and sixth. Senior Jay Sandhu of Florida A&M finished with
a 5-under-par 67 to earn medalist honors in the Div.
I individual standings with a Championship-total of
10-under-par 206.
Johnson & Wales University captured the Div. II title with a team total of 853. Lincoln University (891) finished second followed by Fayetteville State (930), Benedict (946) and Johnson C. Smith (967). Freshman Ashley Davis of Tennessee State held on to her lead to capture the Women's Independent Division with three-day total of 13-over-par 229. In the Men's Independent Division, Doyle Phillip of Bethune-Cookman also maintained his three-day lead to win medalist honors with a Championship total of 7-over-par 223.
More than 100 contestants from 22 colleges and universities comprised the field.
National Minority College Golf Div. I champions, Bethune-Cookman.
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