Sandra Maier earned CAA Women’s Golfer of the Week honors after leading the 34th-ranked Panthers to a seventh-place finish at the Heather Farr Invitational last weekend. Maier shot a career-low 68 in the opening round and finished even-par 216 for a 13th-place finish.
She shot 76 in the second round and 72 in the third and final round. Maier posted the lowest single-round and overall score for the Panthers at the tournament, which was hosted by the University of Colorado. “I couldn’t be happier for Sandra,” said head coach Cathy Mant. “Sandra is a silent, patient person that keeps on plugging. I can always count on her. Seeing her rewarded for her hard work is very exciting.”
READY FOR PIGSKIN
Football head coach Bill Curry has been named the 2008 recipient of the President Gerald R. Ford Legends Center Award. To be considered, candidates must have either played the center position at the collegiate or professional level; made extraordinary contributions to his team during his football career; or have proven to be an exemplary citizen, philanthropist or leader in the business or football community. Curry is the fourth winner of the award, along with Ford (2005), Jim Otto (2006) and Alex Kroll (2007). He will be honored at the Ninth Annual Rimington Trophy banquet, scheduled for Jan. 17, 2009 in Lincoln, Neb.
Georgia State football doesn’t kick off until 2010 but the coaching staff will be holding walk-on tryouts for students on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Tryouts will be held at the James R. Hallford Memorial Stadium in Clarkston from 4-6 p.m. For information, call 404-413-4110.
AROUND CAMPUS
Seniors Francesco Barbera and Dathan Knott each scored a goal as the men’s soccer team came away with a 2-2 tie against Northeastern in its second CAA conference match of the season. The Panthers remain undefeated in their last five games. State is now (4-2-3, 0-0-2). Women’s soccer lost to James Madison 4-2 last Sunday. The ladies are now 7-3-2 overall and will play their next four games on the road.
Led by Ashley Jones’s second consecutive triple-double, the volleyball team picked up its first win of the season last Saturday, 3-2, at UNC-Wilmington. “I couldn’t be happier with our team’s performance today,” commented head coach Mike Webster. “In the three sets that we won, our side-out percentage performance was great, especially in the final set when we needed it.”
The women’s cross country team finished second only to Texas in the 32-team field at the Louisville Cardinal Classic last Saturday, while the men’s team finished seventh in the field of 33 men’s teams. Caitlin Price and Janel Blancett raced home 11th and 13th, respectively, while Rachel Hallam finished 22nd. Mark Steeds set a personal-best time of 24:13 to finish sixth overall.
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Dave Cohen is in his 25th season as the “Voice of Georgia State Basketball and Baseball” on WRAS-FM (88.5) and works on the football radio crew at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
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