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FOOTBALL
Big men on campus Arizona’s offensive linemen may be some of the tallest and allaround biggest students at the UA — but they watch what they eat
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Arizona men’s basketball head coach Sean Miller has led the Wildcats to the Sweet Sixteen three times in his five years at the UA, in 2011, 2013 and 2014. Miller lead his previous team, Xavier, to the Sweet Sixteen twice, in 2008 and 2009.
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OFFENSIVE LINEMEN Lene Maiava, a redshirt junior, Steven Gurrola, a senior, and Cayman Bundage, a junior, run offensive drills during football practice on Monday at Sancet Stadium. In 2013, the average weight of an NCAA football player was 228.29 pounds. Arizona was one of the five lightest teams in Division I as of last year.
BY LUKE DELLA
The Daily Wildcat
T UPCOMING SCHEDULE MEN’S BASKETBALL Thursday vs. San Diego State NCAA tournament
BASEBALL Wednesday at ASU
SOFTBALL Friday at ASU
GYMNASTICS April 5 at NCAA Regionals
SAND VOLLEYBALL Friday vs. Nebraska (in Phoenix)
TRACK & FIELD
hey are some of the most noticeable students on campus. Ceiling fans are potential guillotines and classroom desks are their worst enemies. Offensive lineman Fabbians Ebbele, who will be a redshirt senior this fall , is listed at 6-foot-8, 311 pounds. “When I walk into a room if I’m not paying attention I might bump my head,” Ebbele said. “Once I got in a Fiat with two doors. ... My head was through the sun roof.” Ebbele is one of the biggest players on Arizona football’s roster, and he said every day presents new challenges due to his height. “I’ll be messing around and forget to duck,” Ebbele said. “Jumping around or going through doors is a challenge.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 5-foot-7, 195-pounds is the average height and weight for American males age 20 and over. But Ebbele and most NCAA football players are not your average Americans. In fact, recently, USA Today came out with stats that showed exactly how heavy college
from him I thought he was football players are. The study ranked the heaviest joking with me,” offensive lineman Mickey Baucus said. college football conferences, “I looked at him and was like, teams and players. The average ‘What do you mean you don’t weight of a Division I college eat meat? You’re 315 pounds’.” football player in 2013 was Following many Arizona 228.29 pounds. football games, the team The Pac-12 was the fourthis treated with Chickheaviest out of the BCS fil-A sandwiches. But to conferences. The average accommodate Ebbele there weight for a football player in is always one Jimmy John’s the Pac-12 was 228.54 pounds. pescatarian sandwich waiting The conference is only 2.5 for him. pounds, behind the SEC, which “I don’t know how he does it,” weighed in at the heaviest. Baucus said But as a team, Arizona was Baucus, whose brother Jack one of the five lightest in the Baucus played country. football at “I really [I] was like, Arizona from don’t eat a 2010 to 2012, said lot,” Ebbele ‘What do you his favorite foods said. “I eat a mean you don’t are pizza, steak lot of small eat meat? You’re and carne asada portions.” 315 pounds.’ burritos. He said Ebbele — Mickey Baucus, he eats roughly said he gets senior offensive lineman 5,000 to 6,000 most of his calories a day. On meals from off days, when he Bear Down isn’t practicing Kitchen in football or in the weight room, the Lowell-Stevens Football he eats less. Facility, but he does cook for Baucus also said he gets his himself too. What he buys when money’s worth from the Bear he goes grocery shopping every Down Kitchen and spends no Sunday may be a surprise. more than $200 a month on Ebbele is a pescatarian and groceries. hasn’t bought meat from the “I love food as [much as] grocery store in years. anyone else on this team,” “[The] first time I heard it
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Baucus said. “But what exactly goes in my body is important.” That’s right where the Arizona coaching and training staff want their players to be. “If we’re treating them as an elite athlete, then they need to live, eat, train and sleep like an elite athlete,” head football coach Rich Rodriguez said. “Sometimes I don’t think we’ve done that. I think we’re getting closer to that.” Since coming to Arizona in 2012, Rodriguez has emphasized the importance of not only on-the-field matters, but also what his players are doing once they leave the field. He believes there is a strong correlation between how a player lives and their football success or struggles. “Every year you learn more and more about the value of nutrition and sleep and all those things for the athletes, so it’s nothing new,” Rodriguez said. “Just getting our guys to be a year-round athlete is a little different for them, and they got to understand that. And I think they do.”
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SOFTBALL
Home-run happy Wildcats spank Oregon St. again The Wildcats have now won five in a row since getting swept at No. 1 UCLA to start spring break. “Coming off of a tough weekend, we came back here ready to go, showing everybody what we’re all about,” junior catcher Chelsea Goodacre said. Arizona hit three home runs on Monday, with two by Goodacre, who has 13 this year and is tied for the NCAA lead. “We came out here and did exactly what we wanted to do, but now we got to take it all and go to ASU next week,” Goodacre said.
BY JAMES KELLEY The Daily Wildcat
Monday was another day, CARLOS HERRERA/THE DAILY WILDCAT another run-rule victory for JUNIOR CATCHER Chelsea Goodacre (77) hits the ball during Arizona’s 14-1 win against Arizona softball at home. the Oregon State Beavers in five innings on Monday at Hillenbrand Stadium. The No. 7 Wildcats (28-6, 3-3 Pac-12) improved their home record to 19-0 with their third first run-rule sweep since 2010, after lasting 0.1 innings and giving consecutive mercy-rule win up six earned runs. against Oregon State. over Oregon State on Monday “I felt like we came in strong,” “It was big for us to bust it open,” afternoon. This time Arizona beat senior pitcher Estela Piñon said. Candrea said. “We struggled last the Beavers 14-1 in five innings. “We had been struggling a couple weekend getting the key hit, and “I thought we played very well of games, but it was nice to be back this weekend it came in droves. this weekend,” head coach Mike home.” So hopefully we saved some up Candrea said. “We came out and Piñon (9-4) started and got the for next weekend swung the bats. I win after throwing three scoreless because it will be a thought our hitters innings, giving up two hits and true test up there.” We had been struggling a couple of made some really Goodacre gave zero walks and striking out one. games, but it was nice to be back good adjustments, Arizona the lead with The Beavers had four hits total. having a plan at the home. “I’m really proud of our pitching a first-inning grand — Estela Piñon, plate, and stuck with staff; we worked together and slam . She went 2-forsenior pitcher the plan.” they have been doing a great job,” 4 and had five RBIs. The Wildcats Junior Hallie Goodacre said. “As long as we can outscored OSU (11Up next for the Wildcats is a Wilson hit a home run for the third produce some runs for them, I 17, 2-4) 36-2 in the three-game sweep. Arizona has won 16 games three-game series at No. 8 ASU this game in a row and went 2-for-2 think we’ll be pretty good.” with four RBIs. by the mercy rule, the most since weekend. Reigning Pac-12 pitcher of This was Arizona’s first Pac-12 it had 17 run-rule victories in 2001, the week, OSU senior Amanda sweep since a 3-0 series against one of its national championship — Follow James Kelley Stanford in 2011. It is the Wildcats’ Najdek, started and took the loss seasons. @jameskelley520
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