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(11/14/08 5:57am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Last year’s 86-81 overtime loss to James Madison ended the IU women’s basketball season in the second round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. On Friday night, the Hoosiers open the regular season almost the way they ended the last – on their home court playing in the preseason WNIT – against Ball State with high expectations for this season.Even though Big Ten coaches predict IU will finish eighth in the conference this year, senior forward Amber Jackson isn’t convinced. “Our expectations are high,” Jackson said. “We expect nothing less than the NCAA Tournament.”Sophomore guard Whitney Lindsay also said the team is looking to do much better than eighth – perhaps as high as third – and added she is excited about their first game. “I think it’s especially exciting because it’s one of our in-state rivals and Ball State is one of our biggest rivals all year, so I think that makes it even more exciting,” she said. Last year, the Hoosiers traveled to Muncie, where they stumbled early and dug themselves a 33-17 hole before prevailing by a final score of 76-71. IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said last year’s game doesn’t really matter, and without much film to study on the Cardinals, the Hoosiers are focused on playing their own game. “Our goal is to play our game,” she said. “Push when we can, set up when we have to and play the matchups the best we know how, box out and run.”Legette-Jack said the Cardinals, who are predicted to finish first in the Mid-American Conference West, have a seasoned team with both an inside and outside presence. The Hoosiers have been victorious in their last 18 meetings against Ball State and hold the overall series advantage 26-3. The Cardinals’ last win against IU came on March 3, 1978. IU senior forward Whitney Thomas will start her final season for the Hoosiers. Thomas is an All-America candidate but was left off the preseason Big Ten list, something her coach is not happy about. Thomas and fellow senior guard Lydia Serfling will be reunited with a former teammate of theirs who now plays for Ball State. Thomas, Serfling and Cardinal guard senior Kiley Jarrett all attended Bloomington High School North and will now reunite at 7 p.m. Friday. If the Hoosiers beat Ball State, they will advance to the next round and take on the winner of the Xavier-Robert Morris game at 2 p.m. Sunday in Assembly Hall. Should the Hoosiers lose, they will host consolation games Nov. 21 and 22 with game times to be announced. As the Hoosiers embark on what could be a special season, they start in the preseason WNIT but expect to finish among the nation’s elite teams. “Yes, we are in the preseason WNIT,” Jackson said. “But we expect to be in the big dance by the end of the year.”
(11/07/08 4:54am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Senior Jorge Campillo has racked up some serious frequent flyer miles. Among the stamps on his passport are Australia, Japan, Iceland, Scotland, England, Wales, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Spain, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Mexico. Although the surroundings for Campillo, a native of Caceres, Spain, have changed, the activity stays mostly constant – playing against the best golfers in the world, free of charge. Campillo, a star on the IU men’s golf team said he appreciates the opportunities he has had. “It’s really nice,” he said. “You get to go to some countries for free, and I always like to go to new places.”Campillo, who started playing golf at the age of 3 under the direction of his father, has learned the game quickly and is currently the No. 2-ranked amateur golfer in the world. Most recently, Campillo had the chance to travel to Australia to represent Spain in the World Amateur Team Championship, where he finished 14th overall and helped Spain to a seventh-place finish among 65 teams. The senior said he has a lot of pride in his country and enjoys playing with the other Spanish golfers, some of whom he has known for more than 10 years. “I’m really happy to represent Spain and go all over the world with that team,” he said. Among his teammates at IU, Campillo and senior Seth Brandon are great friends. Brandon said he thinks traveling so much is beneficial for Campillo and something that he wishes he could do more of himself. “It’s kind of a neat thing that I’ve always been a little envious of, but I think it’s a great opportunity for him,” Brandon said. For the Spanish-born golfer that has traveled all over the world, Campillo first came to the U.S. to play golf eight years ago. Shortly after his arrival, he drew the attention of IU coach Mike Mayer, who traveled to Miami for the Orange Bowl International tournament, an event for the top international players at the time. Mayer primarily came to Miami to watch Santiago Quirarte, a 2008 graduate of the Hoosier golf team, but saw Campillo play while watching another Spanish player. In the short time Mayer watched Campillo, the golfer’s putting and conduct on the course impressed him, and he eventually convinced the Spaniard to sign a national letter of intent to come to IU. When Campillo first arrived at IU, he didn’t know much English, but said the seniors on the team helped him greatly. “The seniors were nice to me the first time I was here,” he said. “I didn’t know what was going on; I didn’t know the language; I didn’t know the culture, so they really helped me a lot. I’m really thankful for all they did for me.”At IU, Campillo has captured eight individual tournament titles, and in his first NCAA Tournament last year, he finished runner-up individually, earning All-American honors. In giving back to IU, he has also helped inspire new IU golfers. Freshman golfer David Erdy said working alongside Campillo has had a profound effect on his play. “It gives you that confidence, you’re accepted onto the team and playing with these guys,” Erdy said. “It gives you the confidence to go out and do it yourself.”Campillo has won the Spanish Amateur Championship and played in many elite tournaments overseas, yet his most memorable moment he said came the European Under-21 Team Championship, where he helped Spain beat Italy in the finals. “When we won, we jumped into the lake on (hole) 18,” he said. “I will always remember that moment.”Mayer – who said he thinks Campillo is unique in that his talent is unbelievable and his moral standards are so high – added that he thinks Campillo has a bright future ahead in professional golf and would like to stay involved with him. “I look forward to being involved with Jorge in any possible way I can be involved with Jorge,” Mayer said. “He is a delightful human being and a great guy to be around.”
(11/07/08 4:53am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Senior Amber Lindgren had an important decision to make following her fourth birthday. She could learn golf from her father Randy, or spend the summer with her grandparents.She chose golf.Although Lindgren couldn’t play much golf at the age of 4, she would tag along with her father who coached the boys’ and girls’ programs at Northwestern High School in Kokomo, Ind. “At first, I was not allowed to play with his high school team, so I would just watch in amazement and pick up their balls for them,” Lindgren said.Becoming a Hoosier Lindgren, a lifelong Hoosier fan, who came into the world on the day of an IU-Purdue basketball game in 1987, unexpectedly found her way onto the IU golf team and has made a significant impact. Lindgren played in her first tournament at age 6 and received national exposure growing up playing in tournaments all over the country. In 2004 she was named Indiana Golf Tour Player of the Year. Although many acknowledged her as the best player in the state of Indiana, the Hoosier women’s golf team, going through a coaching change at the time had not called her and almost let her go to Iowa. Newly hired coach Clint Wallman came to IU one month after the initial start date for recruiting, and called Lindgren as soon as he could.“Amber was at that time the best player in the state of Indiana,” he said, “and we have a commitment to try to get the best players in Indiana to come to IU.” The day after the call Lindgren visited IU and knew she wanted to be a Hoosier. “IU has been a dream for me growing up in this state,” she said. “I’ve always looked up to all the teams that have played here and the great players that have come from here. To get an opportunity to play here was my dream.”Reunited with an old rivalRandy Lindgren, who now is a sixth-grade teacher at Northwestern High school and has spent 34 years in the school system, decided he wanted his daughter to have some independence, so he sent her to cross-town rival Western High School. Randy has coached the boys’ golf team at Northwestern for 25 years and the girls’ program for nine, but stopped coaching the girls when his daughter started playing for Western. One of Lindgren’s IU teammates, sophomore Lauren Giesecke, played golf for Northwestern and described their rivalry as similar to the IU-Purdue clash. “Everyone that goes to Western were not our friends,” Giesecke said. Lindgren’s and Giesecke’s parents were friends and the two attended Christmas parties together, but battled it out on the links. Now there is no longer the same tension and the two are great friends, something Lindgren didn’t expect. “Now we are friends,” Lindgren said. “I never would have guessed she would be that person that I’m really good friends with today.”During this past summer Giesecke said they saw each other almost every day and played golf and went to movies together. Giesecke added that although they were once rivals, Lindgren hasn’t hesitated to offer a helping hand. “She has helped me with golf, school and everything,” Giesecke said. IU legacy and future plans Wallman said Lindgren has been a key component to building the program and a culture since the coach arrived at IU. “Amber has been very much an IU person, she has represented women’s golf and what we are trying to do as a program exceptionally well,” he said. “She is the epitome of the IU women’s golfer who works hard, who cares about the program and she has helped set that culture.”Lindgren, who plans to graduate in the spring with a degree in sports marketing and management, already has a job lined up at the newly formed Woodwinds Golf Academy in Indianapolis. She will work as a teaching professional, conduct kids clinics and give individual lessons before hopefully getting her LPGA Tour card in the teaching and coaching division, something she said she is excited about. “I’ve been taking lessons ever since I was 12,” Lindgren said. “I’ve always known that’s what I wanted to do – to help people – and I feel like I have a lot of knowledge about golf sine I started so early.”Wallman, who said Lindgren will be significantly missed upon graduation, feels she will have great success in her future plans. “As she gets out into the real world and is exposed to different teachers and ideas, she will make a really remarkable teacher,” he said. “I expect her to have great success as golf professional when she graduates from IU.”Randy Lindgren, an avid golfer himself, fully supports his daughter’s decision to continue in the golf industry and is happy to have something in common with his daughter.Although he taught her the game of golf 17 years ago, Amber has for now surpassed him in the game he calls the world’s toughest to master.“I don’t think I could beat her right now,” he said. “I would have to practice a lot to get to her level.”
(11/05/08 6:41am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Tuesday morning started at 3:30 for senior Anna Strand.Strand, the President of IU College Democrats, woke up, took a shower and went to the local Obama headquarters office, where she directed more than 100 volunteers throughout the day. Strand started working on the Obama campaign about two years ago, when the new president-elect first announced his candidacy, and she said the experience has been indescribable. “It’s been the better part of two years of my life,” she said. “It’s the most amazing thing I’ve been a part of.” Volunteers in the College Democrats made countless phone calls to assure people had the information they needed to get out and vote, Strand said. In addition, the group had people at all the local polling places to make sure the voters were helped in any way needed. As lines of students and members of the Bloomington community got longer, volunteers handed out water and magazines and kept people company before they cast their votes. Volunteers were so absorbed in doing their best to get people to vote that they didn’t even make plans for a celebration until a few hours before the polls closed. Senior Rose Byrne, president of the IU Students for Barack Obama, said the group didn’t do this intentionally, but she said she wanted to make sure the organization was doing everything it could to ensure they would hear a victory speech Tuesday night. Both Strand and Byrne – along with about 100 of their closest friends who have contributed long hours to the campaign – gathered at Opie Taylor’s restaurant in downtown Bloomington to watch the results. Strand said she has become emotional during the last few days and has cried repeatedly about an experience she said she will never forget. “The amount of joy and stress with the campaign is unbelievable,” she said. “I’ve formed a special bond with the people I have worked with.” A large group of Obama supporters gathered in the Indiana Memorial Union to celebrate the end of the campaign and the success of their candidate. Junior Adam Mendelevitz said he would be very excited if Obama won the election.“Maybe I’ll get excited enough to do a little break dancing,” he said. When the election was called for Obama, supporters erupted after a long time waiting for the results. “We’ve been waiting for this for a really long time,” said junior Abby Wickens. “The fact that is has happened, and it’s a reality is really exciting.” Wickens, a member of Delta Gamma, said her sorority has been working hard to get people to register to vote. One of Wickens’ close friends, junior Becca Murrow, said she, too, believes the future is exciting with an Obama presidency. “It goes beyond the election and who the candidates are and all the drama that goes on with the election,” she said. “Now it’s really about that state of our country and the future of it.”
(11/04/08 5:07am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After the IU women’s basketball team’s 93-49 blowout of Southern Indiana on Saturday, it might seem there is not much left to work on. But IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said there are improvements to be made.On Saturday, the team shot just 47.8 percent from the free-throw line and grabbed 40 rebounds when Legette-Jack said they should have had at least 50.Legette-Jack said two key areas needing to be addressed are free-throw shooting and tenacity and purpose when it comes to rebounding.“If we can get our free throws together and be hungrier for those offensive rebounds and we keep doing what we’ve already done, I think we have a good shot at being a pretty good team,” she said.The Hoosiers will have another opportunity to show improvement as they take on Indianapolis in their final exhibition game at 7 p.m. today in Assembly Hall.Part of the design of having only two days separating their exhibition games serves the purpose of simulating postseason play when games are played closer together.“We got a couple minutes to figure out the mistakes we made, and then we get out there and get tested again,” Legette-Jack said. “I’m hopeful that this is the test that will get us ready for March.”Although the Hoosiers’ early exhibition games might not seem to mean much against non-Division I teams, Legette-Jack has implored her team to stay focused for all 40 minutes of the game, whether in the game or on the bench.Senior guard Lydia Serfling has taken that to heart and said she feels the passion her coach brings to practice and in games helps the team.“That’s exactly what she likes to do every single day at practice – get us fired up,” Serfling said. “Then we are ready for the game because we have practiced that every day.”The last time the Hoosiers took the court against the Greyhounds was Nov. 3, 2006, in Bloomington. Now-senior forward Whitney Thomas had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds and propelled IU to a 66-35 victory.In the victory, IU held Indianapolis to 22 percent shooting, including 1-16 from behind the 3-point arc.Despite the past success, the Hoosiers are not overlooking the Greyhounds and will try to stay focused and improve on previous miscues.“There were good things and things to work on,” said senior guard/forward Kim Roberson about the team’s first exhibition game. “We worked on the kinks, now we have to prepare for Indianapolis and hopefully take care of business.”
(11/03/08 3:00am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Shooting less than 48 percent from the free-throw line usually doesn’t bode well for winning basketball games – unless a team converts nearly 55 percent of its field goals and 63 percent of its 3-point shots.The IU women’s basketball team followed this model in its 93-49 victory against Southern Indiana in its first exhibition game of the season Saturday.IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said the game wasn’t about the margin of victory, but rather staying focused for 40 minutes, something she said her team did well.“It’s never about the other team,” Legette-Jack said. “This is not a personal vendetta against anyone we play. This is about us and what we come to do, and if we stay focused on what we come to do, I think the score will take care of itself.”The Hoosiers controlled the opening tip and scored first on a 3-pointer by senior guard/forward Kim Roberson. The team never looked back, as hot shooting from sophomore guard Haylie Linn lifted IU to a 44-22 halftime lead.Linn, who led the Hoosiers with 16 points, connected on her first three shots from behind the arc and finished the half with 11 points in just nine minutes of play.Linn said she felt excited to play her first game of the season and rode that energy to a quick start.“We were all really excited to get out there and play,” she said. “My teammates did a great job getting me open.”In the second half, the Hoosier shot a dismal 28.6 percent from the free-throw line, but put through over 60 percent of their field goals.In addition to the production from Linn, sophomore guard Jori Davis and Roberson each scored in double figures with 15 and 11 points, respectively.Although the offense clicked well for IU, the team’s defense created problems for Southern Indiana as well. The Hoosiers forced 36 turnovers and scored 44 points off those turnovers, as opposed to the Screaming Eagles’ eight points off turnovers.Junior guard Jamie Braun said defense is going to be a key for her team as the season progresses.“I think my defense has gotten a lot better, and I figure if we’re flying around, it puts the other team under pressure,” she said.In addition to scorching the net with 3-pointers, Linn played well overall, with three rebounds, three assists, a steal and a block.Linn said her all-around game is something she has been working on, and with good reason.“I’ve definitely been trying to focus on that, because I’m afraid that if I don’t, I’m not going to play,” she said.With 11 players scoring for the Hoosiers, the team showed great depth, even if the opponent wasn’t a Big Ten foe. At the end of the game, Legette-Jack said the unity and depth made her happy with the effort.“It’s great to see the unity of the team,” she said. “I think this is the team we’ve always envisioned. It’s a team that, any given day, somebody else can step up, so we are excited about the possibilities of our future.”
(10/30/08 4:29am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>All season long, the IU women’s golf team has tried to put a tournament together where everyone fires on all cylinders at the same time.This week in Las Vegas, they managed to do that for one of their three rounds.The Hoosiers used a school-record, 11-under 277 third-round total to slide up the leaderboard and finish in 10th place on Wednesday in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at the Boulder Creek Golf Club. The three-round total of 860 also betters the school record by four shots. “We talked about having positive momentum, and they did that today,” said IU coach Clint Wallman. Junior Kellye Belcher led the team from the start, notching a total of 14 birdies over three rounds, something she said helped her a lot through the tournament. “It gave me confidence in my swing, which I’ve struggled with a little,” she said. Belcher continued to play well throughout the tournament and finished with a 3-under final round for a 6-under 210 total score, good for ninth place overall. Wallman said he thought Belcher played very well. “She has been on the verge this whole semester of having a breakthrough tournament,” Wallman said. “She really showed she can compete on an elite level.”Fellow junior Anita Gahir struggled early but rebounded with five birdies in the last round. She never shot above par and finished 5-under. Gahir said she remained focused through her early problems.“I was pretty upset with myself, but I came back and hit the ball really well and built confidence on each shot,” she said. Gahir shot the best final-round score (5-under par) for the Hoosiers and finished in a tie for 22nd. Following Gahir, junior Laura Nochta finished in 29th place, with senior Amber Lindgren rounding out the team score with her 7-over 223 effort to finish 63rd overall. Sophomore Cecilia Orevik competed for the team as well and finished 68th with an 8-over 224. The Hoosiers have a long break coming up, which allows them to rest from their fall season. They resume action Feb. 1 in a dual match against Wisconsin in Phoenix. After what Wallman called a successful fall season, he feels the team is set up to have a great spring. “We had a solid Lady Northern and a good Vegas tournament,” Wallman said. “I think this gives us good positive energy.”
(10/29/08 4:16am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Last season, the IU men’s golf team made progress when it qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996.The Hoosiers placed 21st as a team, the second-best finish in program history, and senior Jorge Campillo earned All-American honors with his second-place finish individually. The Hoosiers placed third this week in the Isleworth UCF Collegiate in Orlando, Fla., which featured eight of the top 10 teams in the country.“The field was outstanding, an NCAA Finals caliber field,” IU coach Mike Mayer said. “To finish third in this field was an outstanding accomplishment.”Individually, Campillo and junior Alex Martin both shared second place, with 2-under 214 totals over the three-round event. Although he finished second Campillo said he was not pleased with how the tournament finished. “If you would have told me before I go down there that I would finish second in the tournament I would probably be happy about it,” he said. “But leading by five with nine holes to go I’m not really happy about it, I’m kinda sad and disappointed about it.”
The tournament is regarded by many as one of the nation’s premier tournaments and takes place at the Isleworth Golf and Country Club, where members include PGA greats such as Tiger Woods, Mark O’Meara and Lee Janzen. Campillo, who has won two tournaments already this year and eight overall in his IU career, battled down the stretch with Georgia’s Russell Henley for the individual title at Isleworth. Campillo, who came into the final round Tuesday with a one-stroke deficit, used four birdies over the first nine holes to build a five-stroke advantage. The back nine did not go well, however, as he started off with a double bogey on hole 10.By the time Campillo and Henley finished hole 16, they were deadlocked at 4-under par, and stayed that way going into the final hole. On the par 4, 477-yard 18th hole, Campillo got into trouble and double bogeyed. Henley put in his par putt and claimed a two-stroke victory. The Hoosiers also were reunited with former assistant coach Josh Brewer for the first time since Brewer left IU for Southern California at the beginning of the season. The Hoosiers out-shot USC by eight strokes.
After the tournament Brewer had to apologize to him team.
“I told them I’m sorry I did such a great job recruiting at IU,” he said. Many teams struggled during the final day, including the Hoosiers, who shot a team score of 24-over par for a total score of 886 (22-over). The Georgia Bulldogs shot 8-over par final round (3-over total) to claim the team championship, their fourth in the five-year history of the tournament. Senior Seth Brandon carded a 12-over 228 to finish in 41st place. Fellow senior Drew Allenspach rounded out the team score with a 16-over 232 to finish in 57th place. The Isleworth tournament, formed by UCF men’s golf coach Nick Clinard was set up to give the players a taste of what it is like to be a professional, and the players were treated very well. This tournament concludes the Hoosiers’ fall season. The team will practice as best they can through the winter and resume play at the inaugural Big Ten Match Play Championship on Feb. 13-14 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.From the success of the fall season Mayer said he feels they are an improved team. “There is no question now we feel like we belong, we really feel like we belong, and we believe we can play with any team in the country.”
(10/27/08 4:09am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Hoosiers won’t have a lot of time to visit casinos or gamble this week, but IU coach Clint Wallman is betting his team is ready to play well. “I think they are in a good frame of mind right now to go out and play,” he said. The IU women’s golf team concludes its fall season this week in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown in Las Vegas. The Boulder Creek golf course, which will host the tournament, is a favorite of senior Amber Lindgren. “Boulder Creek has been one of my favorite courses here in college,” she said. “Our team has set the record for low round in IU history there, and I have had my low in college there as well.”In Wallman’s third season as the team’s coach, the year they went to the NCAA East Regional, the Hoosiers finished fourth at the 2007 UNLV Spring Invitational on their way to an all-time best three-round score of 864.Junior Kellye Belcher is one of three juniors on the team, including Anita Gahir and Laura Nochta, who played on the team that set the three-round best.Belcher said she, too, likes the course, its surroundings and the possibility to shoot low numbers. “We really like this course,” she said. “It’s a real pretty course, and the greens are smooth.”In 2007, Belcher finished 34th, along with Gahir (16) and Nochta (18). In addition to the three juniors and Lindgren, the Hoosiers will travel with newcomer freshman Cecilia Orevik. Having come to the U.S. from Sweden for the first time just more than a year ago and transferring from Middle Tennessee State last year, Orevik said the transition has been difficult, but added she is falling in love with Bloomington and her new teammates. “I love my teammates; they are awesome,” Orevik said. “I couldn’t ask for any better teammates.”While the team has spent the past week practicing a lot of individual techniques, the players hope it will translate into a great team effort. Lindgren said she is looking forward to another trip to Vegas. “I’m very excited to play in Vegas,” she said. “The team had a good week of practice, working on pitch shots, putting and the types of shots we will be facing on Boulder Creek’s golf course.”Through all the practice leading up to the Hoosiers’ fall season finale, Wallman is excited to see his team play and thinks they are ready to play well. “I think the girls feel very comfortable heading to a golf course they have played very well at,” Wallman said.
(10/27/08 2:45am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU alumnus David Neville has a professional contract with Nike, two Olympic medals from the Beijing games and a day named after him in his hometown of Merrillville. This weekend, Neville, a star on the IU track and field team from 2003 to 2006, received a standing ovation from the Memorial Stadium crowd as he flashed his two medals – the bronze from the 400-meter dash and the gold as part of the record setting 4x400-meter relay team. This represented Neville’s own homecoming, his first time back in Bloomington since he returned to get his music degree in 2007 after leaving early to sign a professional contract with Nike in 2006. “I’m really happy to come back and see a lot of old friends, teachers, coaches and people I haven’t seen in a while,” he said in an interview Friday at the IU indoor track. “To be back in the spirit of IU is something that feels really good.”Neville graduated from Merrillville High School in 2002 after setting the state meet record of 46.99 seconds in the 400-meter dash. In his first year at IU he dealt with a setback, as an English class he took in high school didn’t count for NCAA standards and he was deemed ineligible to compete his freshman year. He comes from a family of track athletes. His grandfather, David Neville, ran in the 1940s and 1950s as part of an all-Army track team and his father David Neville II went to the Virginia Military Institute on a track scholarship. His father wrote workouts for his son when he couldn’t practice with the team.In addition to practicing on the track with only his now-wife Arial Neville, who timed him, he performed as a drummer in the Marching Hundred Band. Once given the opportunity to compete, Neville collected four Big Ten Championship awards and five All-American honors in three years at IU. David Neville II said he remembers watching the Olympics growing up and said he felt proud to see his son represent the United States in the Beijing Olympics. “From the time I was a child watching the Olympics on TV, and to get there in person and realize our son is competing in the Olympics against the best people in the world, and he’s one of the best in the world, was a tremendous experience,” he said. Neville’s wife, grandfather and parents screamed from the stands in Beijing as their loved one came down the final 100 meters of his 400-meter race and literally sacrificed his body, diving head-first across the finish line to secure the bronze medal by a mere .04 seconds. As eyes darted to the scoreboard to see the results of the race, Neville’s wife said she was flooded with emotions. “I saw all the hard work and determination and through all the pain he had been through and everything,” she said. “To see him accomplish what he really set out to do was indescribable. My heart was feeling so much joy.”Through all of his success ,Neville has always stayed humble, giving back to IU as a volunteer assistant coach, and remaining a devout Christian, helping at a youth ministry in Valencia, Calif., something his father is especially pleased with. “One of the great things that we were very proud about is there has been no display that David has gotten a big head from the success or the accomplishments,” he said. Instead, Neville will continue to train relentlessly for the London Olympics in 2012, something his mother Judith Neville said she is looking forward to. “One of the things that he said is, ‘I don’t want to be a one-hit wonder,’” she said. “He would like to come back again and do it again and continue to do that.”For Neville, he also sees himself as a role model for others and offered the following advice that he said has led him to great success on and off the track.“Put your heart into everything that you do, and do it as hard as you possibly can,” he said, “and you can achieve those things you really want to achieve.”
(10/24/08 3:32am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU men’s golf team members will have a special opportunity this weekend, a first in the history of the program – they will travel to the home course of the one and only Tiger Woods. After four consecutive tournaments and a three-week break, the Hoosiers depart Friday for Orlando, Fla., to compete in the prestigious Isleworth UCF Collegiate Invitational. The tournament is by invitation only and selects 18 of the nation’s elite program to compete, in a field IU coach Mike Mayer said will be very difficult. “There is no question this is one of the premier collegiate events in the country,” he said. “It will probably be one of the best fields we have played in.”During the last three weeks the team has focused on catching up on their school work while sharpening their games.Senior Seth Brandon said he believes the team is ready to be competitive. “I think we are peaking at the right time,” he said. “I think everything is coming around the way it should and we are ready to play well.”The Hoosiers will also see a familiar face in former assistant coach Josh Brewer for the first time since he left to take the job at Southern California. Mayer said he is proud of what Brewer has done and is looking forward to seeing him, but said he is not considering him as a factor in how IU plays. “Do we want to beat Southern Cal?” he asked. “Yes, but no more than any other team there,” Junior Alex Martin had a slightly different take on the situation. “We’ll all be happy to see him,” he said. “I’m looking forward to seeing him and hopefully beating them.”Brewer joked the measurement of his decision to leave IU will be put to the test this weekend. “I’ll see if I made the right decision if we beat the Hoosiers,” Brewer said. Members of the Isleworth Country Club include many players on the PGA Tour including Woods. Often the players show up to watch their collegiate counterparts battle for supremacy.The magnitude of this tournament makes it quite exciting for freshman David Erdy. “This is the highlight of the year so far,” he said. “It’s going to be an incredible experience getting to play with all the best collegiate players.”The lineup for the tournament will include Jorge Campillo, Brandon, Erdy, Martin and senior Drew Allenspach. Martin said he has known about this tournament, which premiered in 2004, since his freshman year at IU. Mayer said he feels the team is ready to go to Isleworth and compete with the other elite teams in their fall season finale. “We feel confident we can go down there and compete with those teams and play with the best,” he said. “Its going to be a fun tournament and it will tell us a lot about ourself once again.”
(10/20/08 4:48am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack made a big impression at Hoosier Hysteria on Friday. She hopes the Hoosier Nation will share her passion for women’s basketball this year.“I don’t care how often they come, I just want them to come,” she said. “I think if they come once or twice, they’re going to think it’s a good enough sport they can come and support throughout the season.”Across the nation, attendance at women’s games is rising, but fans are not pouring into Assembly Hall in record numbers, something Legette-Jack said is needed for the success of the program.“We can’t do it without you,” she said to the crowd Friday.During last year’s season, Howard Payne University, a school with an enrollment of 1,400 students, recorded the largest attendance among Division III programs with 1,549 fans per game, which is not much less than the attendance at IU women’s basketball games.Senior Whitney Thomas appreciates the work her coach is doing to build support of the program.“Coach Jack is trying to get out and get more people in the stands,” Thomas said. “She has the passion to do it so we’re right there behind her.” Legette-Jack said she is disappointed with the response she has received.“I’m disappointed that people haven’t bought in completely to the fact that we have a great women’s basketball program,” she said. “We are doing a lot of things out in our community, we’re doing a fantastic job in the classroom, and we’re competing.”Freshman Lindsay Enterline also said she hopes the Hoosier faithful will return to Assembly Hall for women’s games in similar numbers to the Hoosier Hysteria crowd.“Hopefully, we can get the same fan support,” she said. “We’re going to go out and play our best, and hopefully when we start winning, they’ll start coming.”A large crowd has helped the Hoosiers in the past. Lasts year’s regular season finale against Penn State drew a record 8,136 supporters.The team beat Penn State 79-67, and Legette-Jack credited fans for making the difference.The Hoosiers finally have some continuity and consistency in a program that features the leadership of four talented seniors this year, including Thomas, an All-American candidate.Legette-Jack said she hopes the low crowd support will not be similar to years past.“There is something electrifying about this place when it is packed,” she said. “It certainly helped our men. I think that if we try to do two basketball programs here, we would shock the world.”
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>WEST LAFAYETTE — The temperature was in the 40s. Senior Amber Lindgren couldn’t feel her hands at the driving range.Through her first 36 holes, she shot a 23-over 167 and sat back deep in the field, but she battled back.“I thought, ‘one shot at a time,’” she said. “I really wanted to do good for the team (on) one of the countable rounds, so I didn’t want to get ahead of myself.”Lindgren responded over the final 18 holes with a team best 3-over 75, and finished in 50th place to help the Hoosiers to a fourth-place finish Sunday in the Lady Northern Invitational, hosted by Purdue.The tournament featured all 11 teams in the Big Ten conference, with the IU women’s golf team finishing third among them. Only Purdue with a 31-over 895 and Michigan State (48-over 912) beat the Hoosiers (60-over 924).At last year’s Big Ten Championship, the Hoosiers finished 45 strokes behind the Boilermakers. This weekend, the team was only 29 shots back.Junior Anita Gahir, who received second-team All-Big Ten honors last year with her 14th-place finish, paced the Hoosiers this weekend with a team-best 12th-place finish. Gahir said what she called the preview for the Big Ten Championship this season went well for her team.“It’s really helpful that each of our players had a good round here, so they know it’s in them,” she said. “That’s a really good boost of confidence coming into the tournament in the spring, especially when conditions might be harder.”In addition to the cold, the wind was blowing, and not a single woman in the 82-player field shot under par.IU coach Clint Wallman said the team played to their capabilities this weekend and should be near the top of the leaderboard in the spring. “I feel very strong that we can be one of the best teams in the Big Ten,” he said.Juniors Kellye Belcher and Laura Nochta finished in a tie for 15th place, while the fifth Hoosier, sophomore Cecilia Orevik, finished in 62nd place.Nochta, playing in front of her parents, who drove nearly seven hours from Ohio to watch her, had numerous two-putts, which cost her chances to make birdies and better her score. She even joked that her middle name should be “two-putt.”On the first day, the team played 36 holes over 10 hours that lasted right up to sunset in West Lafayette.Gahir said that although playing so long was difficult, she and her teammates managed to keep their focus.“It’s just a matter of staying patient the entire time,” she said. “The days are slow and you get tired, but you know to keep your energy up and keep eating and try to think about other things while you’re playing.”The Hoosiers’ final test of the fall season will come a week from today, when they travel to Las Vegas for the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown.“We’re hoping to fire on all cylinders,” Lindgren said, “all of us together in this last tournament, because we seem to not play well at the same time.”
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>With the lights turned down and music blaring, several figures in white robes and two with red boxing gloves emerged from the tunnel. These fighters were not your average boxers, but instead the coaching staff for the women’s basketball team.“It’s kind of who we are right now,” said IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack. “I think it’s our time. We’re going after some things this year and in order to be a good defensive team, we have to knock some people out.” SLIDESHOW: Hoosier HysteriaThe scene set the tone in front of a crowd of more than 8,000 people for Friday night’s Hoosier Hysteria in Assembly Hall. After team introductions, warm-ups and defensive drills, two of the team’s top 3-point shooters, sophomore Haylie Linn and junior Jamie Braun challenged the B97 morning crew from Alex’s Playhouse, Alex and Josh, to a 3-point competition.The DJs didn’t stand a chance as Linn and Braun faced off in the final, with Braun being crowned the 3-point champion. The team’s four freshmen experienced Hoosier Hysteria as players for the first time. One of those freshmen, Lindsay Enterline, had experienced the event before, because her older sister Leah played for the Hoosiers from 2003-2007. Enterline, who has now watched and played at Hoosier Hysteria, said watching is the easier of the two. “Watching is a lot easier, just because when you’re out there, the spotlight is on you and the adrenaline is going,” she said. “It’s much more exciting.” Enterline added that she has watched many games, but now feels more a part of the team. “It’s totally different watching than playing, so it’s been a really good experience getting to know everybody,” she said. “They’re more like sisters now than just watching them.”Enterline and the freshmen have been guided by the experience of the Hoosiers’ four seniors: Amber Jackson, Kim Roberson, Lydia Serfling and Whitney Thomas. Thomas, a Bloomington native who was recruited out of Bloomington High School North, received a large welcoming reception from the crowd. She said her last Hoosier Hysteria represented a special time for her. “It’s a great feeling,” she said. “We get to start our season, and we finally get to start playing basketball. It’s my last year, last time I get to do that, so it’s a great time.” The women’s basketball team ended its portion of Hoosier Hysteria with a scrimmage, the first time in three years they have done so. In years past, they did not have enough players. The Hoosiers get their season underway with an exhibition game against Southern Indiana on Nov. 1. Legette-Jack said she hopes the Hoosier faithful will come out and support her team in what she thinks will be a special year. “It’s a different mindset with my young ladies this year,” she said. “They’re intense, they’re focused, they’re ready to go after something bigger than themselves. I’m really proud to be a part of what’s going to happen next.”
(10/17/08 5:36pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Nearly three weeks have passed since the IU women’s golf team competed in a tournament but the Hoosiers will end their drought this weekend as they travel to West Lafayette to compete in the Lady Northern Invitational. Junior Anita Gahir has used the break to fine-tune her skills and said she thinks the team will benefit from increased practice time. “It gives us a chance to restart our season,” Gahir said. “We didn’t feel like we played that great in our first two tournaments, so with a two-week break in between it’s going to be nice to start fresh.” Gahir finished a team-best fifth place in the team’s last tournament, the Badger Invitational. The Hoosiers placed sixth, despite being favored to finish second. The invitational – hosted by Purdue – will provide the Hoosiers with a chance see each Big Ten team, something they have not had the opportunity to do this fall. Juniors Laura Nochta and Kellye Belcher, senior Amber Lindgren and sophomore transfer Cecilia Orevik will join Gahir. Although the Big Ten Championship is more than six months away, Gahir said she hopes to learn a lot from this experience. “It gives us a chance to see what we need to work on before we meet them all again next year at Big Tens,” she said. “It’s more or less our preview for that.” Nochta said she is looking forward to the tournament and seeing friends from other teams in their conference. “It’s been a good break, but I’m ready to get back to it,” she said. Nochta said she worked on her swing, short game and putting during the break. She said she feels confident she has improved in all three areas.Nochta and the other veterans have helped the team build unity after adding several new players this year. Gahir said everyone seems to be developing a strong bond despite being anxious at the season’s beginning. “Everyone is a little less nervous right now,” Gahir said. “We know the team and the chemistry, and we get along really well, so I think it will just get better and better.” One of those new players, Kokomo native freshman Sara Poppas said making the adjustment from high school to college golf wasn’t easy, but added she is having a great time on the team. “When I first came here I was really nervous,” she said. “It’s a little tough to get used to it with a busy schedule, but after these first couple weeks I’ve gotten used to it, and I really love it.” The Hoosiers will play 54 holes total, with 36 on Saturday and the remaining 18 on Sunday at the Kampen course at Purdue.
(10/13/08 2:57am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Sporting blue golf polos, straw hats and bags with gorilla head covers, about 300 people came out to have fun and support a good cause Sunday at the Cascades Golf Course. Many fathers and daughters participated in the third annual Arrow Open golf tournament and philanthropy event for Pi Beta Phi, in part benefiting First Book, an organization in Bloomington that is trying to combat illiteracy. The tournament included 220 participants, who each paid $40 to play 18 holes, win prizes and raffle drawings and enjoy a banquet dinner. The tournament included the support of all 115 members of Pi Beta Phi, many coming to help and be with their dads. Sophomore Hannah Mordoh, who said she has really never been golfing with her dad before, said she has enjoyed spending time with her father as part of the sorority’s dads weekend and served as his caddy for the event. “I think it’s a good way to get our philanthropy in and also get our dads involved in something like a golf tournament which I think they have fun with,” she said. Mordoh’s father Gilbert, a novice golfer who plays more softball and basketball than golf, said he too has appreciated spending time with his daughter. “It’s a nice sorority, Pi Phi. They are good girls,” he said. After raising $10,000 last year, Pi Beta Phi had already collected $12,000 before Sunday’s outing and hopes to meet their overall goal this year of $20,000. Part of the money is also donated to the Pi Beta Phi Foundation, which supports scholarships, and Holt House, where national archives are kept. Senior Jen Naye, the vice president of philanthropy for Pi Beta Phi and organizer of the event, stressed the importance of their mission. “By everyone coming out today and having a good time we are going to get books in the hands of children that can’t afford it,” she said.Naye also said she felt good seeing the girls in her sorority spend time with their dads this weekend. “It’s really fun for the girls to cap off dads’ weekend spending a day with them out on the golf course,” she said. Junior Kathleen Farrell came with her father, a self-described weekend warrior, Rory Farrell, who said he plays a fair amount of golf in his spare time. Kathleen Farrell, in an effort to expose her dad to what she does at IU, took him out to Nick’s English Hut, Kilroy’s Bar & Grill, on a tour of campus, tailgating and the football game. Her father then capped it off with two things he loves: his daughter and golf. Covering his clubs were two animal head covers: a lion and a gorilla. The lion was named Roar because a lion’s roar matches the name a lot of people call Farrell’s dad, something he said he liked.“I don’t take my golf that seriously,” he said. “You got to have some fun while you’re out there.”Sophomore Andrea Blanco’s father could not make it, but her boyfriend, sophomore Jake Kuczeruk, filled in and said he enjoyed being with her. “I think it’s a great thing,” he said. “It’s great that we are doing this for charity. It makes it a lot easier to get up and get out here.”Naye said the tournament had a great turnout with fathers coming from as far away as California, and after participating in the event she said it will always have a special place in her heart. “It’s been a great experience, and it’s really nice to have the support of everyone in the house,” she said. “Everyone comes out to support you, and then having the community come out and participate, it’s an incredible feeling.”
(10/10/08 3:15am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Senior Jorge Campillo has now done something not even golf extraordinaire Tiger Woods has done. Although Campillo doesn’t have the 14 major victories or hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank, he does have a trophy that is not is not in Woods’ collection.Campillo, the third-ranked amateur golfer in the world, an 8-under 63 final-round score to capture the individual championship in the Windon Memorial Classic on Monday in Chicago. Campillo, the runner-up at last year’s NCAA Championship, led the field with 18 birdies overall, five more than anyone else. IU coach Mike Mayer has seen many good golfers come through IU, including Jeff Overton, who holds five of seven individual records and qualified for the British Open this summer. Mayer said Campillo’s round ranks among the top he has witnessed. “Sixty-three is one of the better rounds of golf I’ve ever seen,” Mayer said. “It’s pretty special.” In the 1995 Memorial, Woods tallied a final round 67, finishing two strokes behind the tournament’s winner, Florida’s Josh McCumber. That day, Woods’ Stanford team finished second to the Gators. Fast-forward nearly 13 years later. Campillo also propelled his team to its second runner-up finish of the season, beating every team except Illinois. Campillo, who matched his career best single-round total, which he achieved at last year’s Boilermaker Invitational, said he doesn’t get tired of winning.“It’s nice to win,” he said. “I really don’t like to lose.”Campillo wasn’t the only Hoosier to finish in the top five as fellow senior Seth Brandon swung to a 2-under 211 to finish alone in fifth place. Brandon, who has improved steadily over the course of the fall from his 40th place showing in the opening tournament, said he believes he is getting back on track. “This tournament was promising for me,” Brandon said. “I had a lot of good putts.” With his success in the tournament, Brandon became the third Hoosier this season to finish in the top-five, along with Campillo and junior Alex Martin. Freshman David Erdy shot a 4-over 217 and finished 19th, while Martin dropped to 28th, two shots back. Martin won at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational and finished seventh at last week’s Cardinal Intercollegiate, but struggled a bit this week. But even without Martin turning in his best performance, the team overall beat out third-place Tulsa this week by 17 strokes. The only team the Hoosiers couldn’t beat, Illinois, is one of the hottest teams in the country, Mayer said. Most of the Hoosiers will now have nearly a three week break to catch up on class work and practice on, among other things, improving course management. Awaiting them when they get back to competition will be the prestigious Isleworth UCF Collegiate, which is set to include each of the top-five teams at last year’s NCAA Championship. Campillo, instead of settling down, will depart today for Australia, the site of the World Cup taking place Oct. 16-19. Campillo will represent Spain, his native country, in the event. Upon his return, the Hoosiers will look to build on their second-place finish, something Mayer said represented a solid tournament for his group. “It was a good team effort,” he said. “We beat some really good teams.”
(10/09/08 4:24am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>He started out as a Hawkeye and then switched to a Hoosier.He went from moot court champion to lawyer to district judge to nominee, up for one of the most elite positions in the U.S. judicial system.President Bush recently nominated IU alumnus Philip Simon to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.Lauren Robel, dean of the IU School of Law, said she is very happy for Simon.“Phil Simon is a spectacular judge,” she said. “I’m thrilled for the country. I think he will do a terrific job.”Since 2003, Simon, a graduate of the law school class of 1987, has served as the U.S. District Court Judge in the Northern District of Indiana, located in Hammond, according to the White House Web site.He has also served as an associate at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Indiana and professor at the Valparaiso University School of Law.From the beginning of his legal career at IU in the mid 1980s, Simon had success in the courtroom as a moot court champion.Since graduating from IU, Simon has come back to Bloomington to serve as a moot judge and continues to stay involved in helping future legal minds.Joseph Hoffmann, professor of law, came to IU in 1986 and served as the adviser for the group, which debated cases in front of active judges.Hoffmann, who got to know Simon during his time at IU, said he thinks his former student is an outstanding nominee for the job.“He’s a wonderfully qualified person for a post like this,” Hoffmann said.The nomination is also the first for one of Hoffmann’s students. The nomination will now go to a hearing of the senate judiciary committee for approval. If approved, the decision will then rest with the full senate.Feisal Istrabadi, Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations and visiting professor of law, said with the election being so close, it could have an effect on the selection because there is such a short time before the next president takes office.Istrabadi graduated from the IU School of Law a year after Simon and served as a lawyer in Simon’s courtroom on multiple occasions.Although Istrabadi only knows Simon from a professional perspective, he said Simon impressed him.“I wish him the best,” Istrabadi said. “He has a very professional demeanor and is very respectful of the parties and lawyers practicing in front of him. He had a perfect judicial demeanor.”If confirmed by the Senate, Simon will go to the seventh circuit, which Istrabadi said is one of the most respected courts of the 13 circuit courts in the nation. Since many cases do not reach the Supreme Court, Simon could have his hands full.The last time the Senate considered Simon, they voted unanimously 97-0 in March of 2003 to confirm him as a judge in the Northern District of Indiana.Hoffmann said he is eagerly anticipating what happens next.“It’s an amazing accomplishment, and it will be more exciting with the confirmation,” he said.
(10/03/08 3:16am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Senior Drew Allenspach helped the IU men’s golf team to its best finish since 1980 at the NCAA Championships last season. In the Hoosiers’ first tournament this season, the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, Allenspach was not even part of the team score. In the following tournament, he didn’t even travel with the team. But last weekend he did, and he helped the team to a fifth-place finish at the Cardinal Intercollegiate, finishing 32nd individually. The next test for Allenspach and his teammates will come Sunday at the Windon Memorial Classic in Chicago. The 12th annual event will be hosted by Northwestern at the North Shore Country Club. Instead of dwelling on the early season struggles, Allenspach remains optimistic.“I count it as positive that I’ve had to work to get back,” he said. “I think I’ve gotten better in having to work to get back.”IU coach Mike Mayer said he believes Allenspach has always been a key component to the team. “Drew has been a big part of our program since he arrived on campus,” Mayer said. “There is no question about that.”Allenspach will travel to Chicago along with seniors Jorge Campillo and Seth Brandon, junior Alex Martin and freshman David Erdy. The team will look to build on two fifth-place finishes and one runner-up finish this season as it competes in the first of two remaining tournaments in its fall season. Last year, the Hoosiers finished third, led by Campillo’s and Brandon’s top-10 finishes. Brandon said he believes he did not perform to what he expected early in the season, but he said he is feeling more comfortable as the season has progressed. “I think my game is getting closer to where it should be,” Brandon said. As for the team, Brandon said he thought the Hoosiers got a little overexcited last week and lost focus, something he hopes they will avoid this weekend.“We just want to learn from the mistakes we made last week,” he said. “Try to turn our frustration into focus this week instead of letting it hinder us again.”The Windon Memorial Classic has a special history with respect to professional players competing well.In 1995, a young man by the name of Tiger Woods finished second there during his sophomore year of college, notching a 214 to lead his Stanford team to a runner-up finish.The Hoosiers will hope to compete just as well in a field Mayer said will be difficult. “This field is as solid as any field we play in,” he said. “Maybe not as top-heavy as some, but it’s going to be extremely, extremely competitive.”
(09/29/08 4:08am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Two tournaments and two individual champions spell early-season success for the IU men’s golf team. Last week, the team also beat defending champion UCLA by 23 strokes. Junior Alex Martin – who won the most recent tournament, the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational – said he hopes to gain confidence but added the team finish also meant a lot to him. “It was a big win for me, obviously,” Martin said. “(The) putt on the last hole got the team second place over Oklahoma State, so I felt that was as equally a big deal.”The next test for Martin and the Hoosiers will be the Cardinal Intercollegiate in Louisville, Ky., starting today. Although the competition might not be as tough as in previous tournaments, IU must remain focused. “We need to go down to Louisville – and basically the rest of the season – and feel like we can win every tournament that we play in,” Martin said. “(We need to be) going in there and not being overconfident but knowing we can compete with anybody.”IU coach Mike Mayer said this tournament is also about achieving balance. With key tournaments such as the NCAA Regionals to be held at a variety of golf courses, Mayer said it is important to be prepared to go to easier courses – like in Louisville – and shoot low numbers. Mayer added that with this tournament field featuring a lot unfamiliar teams, the Hoosiers will get a chance to see how they compare with new faces. “We want to go challenge ourselves and see other programs and see other teams and see how we stack up against them,” Mayer said. Still, IU will be familiar with at least one team in the field, as the Hoosiers will again match up with Louisville. The Cardinals got the better of their counterparts across the Ohio River at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, finishing two spots ahead of the Hoosiers.Senior Jorge Campillo took home the individual championship in the event. Martin and Campillo will travel to Louisville along with fellow teammates seniors Seth Brandon and Drew Allenspach and freshmen Chase Wright and David Erdy. The Hoosiers have a new face traveling with them this season as well. Newly hired assistant coach Jamie Broce will make his first trip since officially being named to the position. Mayer said he searched the country and looked at more than 30 applications before making a decision, and now he has a choice with which he couldn’t be happier. “With Jamie Broce, we really think we found everything and more,” Mayer said. “He has the full trust of myself and every member of this golf team, and we are thrilled that he is on board.”After his senior year as a Cardinal, in which Broce earned Mid-American Conference Player of the Year and Sportsman of the Year awards, the 1999 Ball State graduate spent nine years playing professional golf before coming to IU.Broce said he is excited to come to such an already-established program like IU. “For me, personally, it’s a huge bonus, because the team so far has played so well,” he said. “I hope for me personally to blend in as well as possible and help the individuals when and where I can.”Martin added that he, too, is happy with his new coach. “I think the world of Jamie,” he said. “He’s a great guy and has a lot of experience he has brought to us so far. He knows what he’s talking about, and I think he is going to be a great asset to the program.”