UW golfers tied for 12th at NCAA Championships
Freshman Alex Prugh and senior Brock Mackenzie guided the 23rd-ranked Washington Huskies into a five-way tie for 12th place after the first day of the NCAA Championships at the Cascade Course at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va., on Tuesday.
Prugh, a Ferris graduate, and Mackenzie both shot 1-over-par 71s to lead the Huskies to a 9-over-par 289 total. They are 30th in the medalist race.
Gonzaga Prep grad Dan Potter carded a 73, while Ferris grad Corey Prugh shot an 80.
First-place California is at 279, led by Jeff Hood, who had the low round of the day, a 65.
Football
Orlando Winston’s football career at the University of Idaho is officially over.
Winston’s appeal for a rare sixth year of eligibility was denied by the NCAA Division I student-athlete reinstatement staff in April. Idaho appealed the decision to the student-athlete reinstatement committee, which voted earlier this week to uphold the April ruling.
Winston, one of the most productive receivers in Vandal history, redshirted when his mother died just before the 1999 season opener. He also missed the 2000 season when he was suspended for violating former coach Tom Cable’s team rules.
“Even though he was suspended, we argued that the suspension was a direct relationship of conflict and depression he was suffering following the death of his mother,” UI assistant athletic director Dee Menzies said. “The NCAA didn’t see it that way.”
Winston’s circumstances were different than most sixth-year eligibility cases that involve an athlete missing two seasons for physical reasons.
Winston led Idaho with 55 receptions for 807 yards and seven touchdowns in 2003.
He had 122 career receptions for 1,632 yards, narrowly missing the top 10 list in both categories.
Baseball
Washington State senior outfielder Collin Henderson was named to the 2004 Academic All-America third team. Henderson has a 4.0 grade-point average while working for his master’s degree in athletic administration.
Henderson made the Pac-10 All-Academic first team six times – three in baseball and three in football.
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