The
Cal Lutheran swimming and diving teams will officially start the 2011-12 winter
season when taking to the pool on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Malibu Invitational
hosted by Pepperdine.
On Monday inside Gilbert Arena student-athletes
representing each of Cal Lutheran's 19 programs were recognized for their
achievements throughout the 2010-11 season at the annual end of the year
gathering put together by members of both the CLU athletics department and
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
It started in a little room in the humanities building. It eventually
moved to the Lundring Events Center, where everyone assumed it would
remain for many years.
But the numbers just kept increasing, so this year's Cal Lutheran
Scholar-Athlete Society induction banquet had to be held in the Gilbert
Sports and Fitness Center.
If not for drug testing in college baseball, who knows where Tim La
Kose's career might have gone. Eighteen years ago, Cal Lutheran athletic
trainer Kecia Davis needed
someone to help gather samples during the baseball playoffs at CLU.
On Wednesday, Apr. 6 institutions
of higher learning will celebrate student-athletes across the country as part
of National Student-Athlete Day. The program of the National Consortium for
Academics and Sports (NCAS), has been celebrated annually on this date since
1987.
Sophomore Starla Wright was named to
the D3Hoops.com
All-West Region Team, announced on Monday. Earning third team honors, she
is one of only three underclassmen to earn west region honors in 2011.
What began with a pre-game ceremony to
honor departing senior Donielle Griggs ended with a resounding 89-46 Cal
Lutheran victory over the Whittier Poets Tuesday evening.
Most coaches struggle with players missing practice because of injuries
as the season progresses. But Cal Lutheran women's basketball coach Roy
Dow has been struggling with players missing practice because of class.
The playoff hopes of the CLU women's
basketball team took a hit on the road Saturday evening as the Regals fell
48-40, watching Occidental clinch at least a share of the conference title on
its home court.
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