Tennis player Lachlan Ferguson has been named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America third team, and is the first IU men's tennis player to ever earn that honor. IU men's tennis coach Randy Bloemendaal had this to say of Ferguson's acheivements: "I am very proud of Lachlan and his continued success in the classroom," Bloemendaal said.
After a brief stop in Vienna, the IU volleyball team arrived in Maribor, Slovenia for sightseeing and match play.
Mary and the team stopped in Vienna, Austria for a day visit after spending a couple of days in Prague.
She's back! Rising junior setter Mary Chaudoin resumes her "Here's Something from Mary" video blog for the IU volleyball team's Europe trip.
Former Football player Jammie Kirlew and junior track and field athlete Faith Sherrill have both been named recipients of the Arthur Ashe Jr.
For the second straight season, the IU men's golf team will be represented at the United States Open.
Senior Alex Martin, sophomore Chase Wright and assistant coach Jaime Broce will play Monday in the sectional qualifying for the U.S.
104 athletes were named to the Spring Academic All-Big Ten Team, up from 83 in the spring 2009 semester.The men's and women's track and field team combined had 44 athletes honors.
Molly Beckwith was named the Women's track athlete of the year for the Great Lakes Region, and Derek Drouin was named the Men's Field Athlete of the year for the Great Lakes Region as well. The athletes were chosen by Division I coaching votes. Both Beckwith and Drouin will compete in the NCAA Outdoor Championships June 9-12 in Eugene, Ore.
Both Nate Everhart (Wrestling) and Sarah Pease (Cross Country) have been named the Big Ten's Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2009-2010 year.
Wendi Robinson and Sarah Pease have both earned ESPN the Magazine Academic awards. Robinson was named to the All-District first team, while Pease was named to the second team.
Per IU: Sophomore outfielder Alex Dickerson has collected his first All-America recognition for the 2010 season, as the Poway, Calif., native was named a Louisville Slugger First Team All-American by College Baseball Newspaper.
Former assistant coach Jose Mori has been promoted to Associate Head Coach, after being in her prior position for three seasons. Also, Stephanie Siller is now Assistant Athletics Director for Women's Basketball Administration from Director of Basketball Operations.
David Erdy and Alex Martin were named to the All-Midwest Region squad. 153 total players were recognized. Here is the complete All-Midwest Team, per IU: The Complete All-Midwest Team Zach Barlow, Illinois Cam Burke, Eastern Michigan Brett Cairns, Kent State Eric Chun, Northwestern Chris DeForest, Illinois Josh Dupont, Northwestern David Erdy, Indiana Luke Guthrie, Illinois John Hahn, Kent State Bo Hoag, Ohio State Brad Hopfinger, Iowa Mackenzie Hughes, Kent State Marty Jeppesen, Eastern Michigan Erich Johnston, Purdue Lion Kim, Michigan Scott Langley, Illinois David Lipsky, Northwestern Alex Martin, Indiana Jack Newman, Michigan State Kyle Peterman, Western Illinois Ben Pisani, Minnesota Jack Schultz, Michigan Nathan Sutherland, Miami (OH) Matt Thompson, Michigan Riley Wheeldon, Louisville
ESPN's Adam Rittenberg recently ranked the Big Ten's most irreplaceable players, and picked Ben Chappell for Indiana. This is what Rittenberg said about Chappell: History shows that for Indiana to have a chance at a bowl game, it needs to put up a lot of points.
Some final quotes from the field on their day (both good and bad): Davey Hamilton: "Tomas Scheckter thinks he can lead the first lap, you know.
Andretti, who in the first final standings was not listed in third place because of the confusion with the wreck and caution.
On how his car was so good on race day: Yeah. What can I tell you? We tried our best in qualifying, and we came up a little short.
THE MODERATOR: It was a whacky day, but you had the dominant car all day long. In the end, it looked like justice.
Here is the final finishing order for the 2010 Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti Dan Wheldon Marco Andretti Alex Llyod Scott Dixon Danica Patrick Justin Wilson Will Power Helio Castroneves Alex Tangliani Tony Kanaan Graham Rahal Mario Romancini Simona de Silvestro Tomas Scheckter (1 lap down) Townsend Bell (1 lap down) Ed Carpenter (1 lap down) Ryan Hunter-Reay (2 laps down) Mike Conway (2 laps down) Takuma Sato (2 laps down) Ana Beatriz (4 laps down) Bertrand Baguette (17 laps down) Sebastian Saavedra (41 laps down) Ryan Briscoe (53 laps down) EJ Viso (61 laps down) Sarah Fisher (75 laps down) Vitor Meira (195 laps down) Hideki Mutoh (124 laps down) Raphael Matos (128 laps down) John Andretti (138 laps down) Mario Moraes (183 laps down) Bruno Junqueira (193 laps down) Davey Hamilton (200 laps down) The race finished with 9 cautions for a total of 44 laps under yellow, and had 13 lead changes. Dario Franchitti led the most laps with 155, Mike Conway led 15, Justin Wilson led 11, Tomas Scheckter, Ryan Briscoe, and Will Power each led 5, Helio Castroneves led 3, and Marco Andretti led 1. For a full wrap of the race, check out idsnews.com
