The University of Denver has hired two assistant coaches for its women’s basketball team, including former University of Colorado star Shelley Sheetz.
Sheetz coached the last three years as an assistant at Pepperdine and also was an assistant coach at San Diego and Washington State.
Sheetz, who scored 1,775 points for CU as a four- year starter from 1991-95, was the Big Eight player of the year and an All-American as a senior with the Buffaloes. She will be joined on the DU staff by Yvonne Hawkins, who was an assistant coach at Boston College the last four seasons.
CU golfer sidelined.
The University of Colorado men’s golf team will be without senior Michael Baird when it begins play today in the Central Regional of the NCAA championships.
Baird was diagnosed Monday with double pneumonia. The graduate of Douglas County High School leads the Buffs in stroke average (74.27). He was replaced in the lineup by sophomore Justin Bardgett.
“It’s unfortunate, especially finding out less than 24 hours before you’re scheduled to leave,” CU coach Roy Edwards said of losing Baird. “His college career is likely over, but his health is more important than anything.”
The Buffs played a practice round Wednesday at the Central Regional course in Columbus, Ohio.
National teams coming to Commerce City.
The U.S. men’s and women’s national soccer teams will play matches at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park this year.
The U.S. men will play a World Cup-qualifying semifinal match here Nov. 19 against an undetermined opponent. The U.S. women, two-time World Cup champions and two-time Olympic gold medalists, will play here July 13 in a pre-Olympic tuneup match against Brazil. The game will be a rematch of the 2004 Olympic final, when Abby Wambach scored on a header in extra time to secure a 2-1 victory for the Americans.
NLL honors Prout.
Colorado Mammoth forward Gavin Prout was named to the all-pro second team by the National Lacrosse League. Prout led the NLL with a team-record 67 assists this season.
CU selected for diversity award.
CU is one of 12 schools that will be honored in June as a recipient of the Overall Excellence in Diversity in Athletics award. It is the first time CU has been honored. The awards are determined by the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M. Other Division I programs being honored include Stanford and San Jose State.
