Track star Jenny Barringer of the University of Colorado was named one of five finalists for the Honda-Broderick Cup as NCAA female athlete of the year.
Barringer, a four-time Big 12 Conference indoor track athlete of the year, concluded her college career last week by capturing her third NCAA title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She holds six NCAA records and carries a 3.54 grade-point average.
The other finalists are Penn State volleyball player Nicole Fawcett, Georgia gymnast Courtney Kupets, Washington softball player Danielle Lawrie and Connecticut basketball player Renee Montgomery.
The winner will be named Monday at New York’s Columbia University.
CU to host golf regional.
Colorado National Golf Club (formerly Vista Ridge) in Erie was selected one of six sites to host the 2011 NCAA men’s golf regionals, set for May 19-21.
CSU getting Big Ten transfer.
Minnesota’s Travis Busch, a 6-foot-4 forward who achieved instant YouTube fame with a length-of- the-court inbounds pass during the Big Ten basketball tournament in 2008, will transfer to Colorado State for his final season of eligibility.
Busch recently graduated from Minnesota and received an NCAA waiver to play immediately as a graduate student. Busch, the 2005 Gatorade high school player of the year in Minnesota, attended Cal Poly before transfering to Minnesota as a walk-on.
He earned a scholarship with the Gophers and academic all-Big Ten honors with limited playing time.
“He’s tough, aggressive, has great quickness and a great personality too,” CSU coach Tim Miles said. “He is a relentless basketball player.”
Busch averaged 2.6 points and 1.2 rebounds last season. In the Big Ten’s 2008 tournament, he inbounded the ball from under the net to the opposite foul line with 1.5 seconds left. Blake Hoffarber came down with the ball and hit a shot to beat Indiana.
DU hockey players get tryouts.
Incoming University of Denver freshmen Drew Shore, Matt Donovan and William Wrenn have been named to the U.S. World Junior Team hockey evaluation camp, scheduled Aug. 7-15 in Lake Placid, N.Y.
The 43-man roster also includes incoming Colorado College freshman John Moore and Littleton native Sean Lorenz, a sophomore- to-be at Notre Dame.
The final roster will be announced about two weeks before the 2010 World Junior Championship begins Dec. 26 in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan.
Former Avalanche coach Tony Granato will serve as a camp evaluator for U.S. head coach Dean Blais.
Pioneers pick captain.
Rhett Rakhshani was named captain of DU’s hockey team, with fellow seniors Tyler Ruegsegger and Matt Glasser and junior Kyle Ostrow assistant captains.
