Sports People

Yakima Valley native Russell Baze, who recently became the first jockey to ride 400 winners four years in a row, is the winner of the inaugural Isaac Murphy Award as the jockey with the nation’s highest winning percentage. … Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, widow of tennis star Arthur Ashe, said in an article published in the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch that she opposed the City of Richmond’s decision to put a statue of Ashe on Monument Avenue, which now honors only Confederate heroes. … Richey Reneberg and Chanda Rubin, who had not met until 24 hours before playing, combined for a mixed doubles victory that lifted the U.S. to a 2-1 triumph over South Africa in Group A of the Hopman Cup team tennis event in Perth, Australia.