Roundup Knox were pitcher Nick Morris ’07 (1-1) and outfielder Aaron Thorton ’06 (14 games.) Starting in the Hanover outfield was Joe Sanzere ’06, who batted .237 (18 of 75) with 14 RBI. Other Beta players were DePauw pitchers Kerry Frost ’06 and Patrick Henry ’08; Wabash catcher Nick Lyons ’08; Wittenburg pitcher-first baseman Brian Walter ’07, and the Wesleyan trio of third baseman Graham Douds ’08, pitcher Charlie Munzig ’07 and catcher Josh Corson ’08. Key figures in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim front office are Bill Stoneman, Idaho ’66, vice president and general manager, and Ken Forsch, Oregon State ’69, assistant general manager. Guy Hansen, UCLA ’69, who was Kansas City Royals pitching coach last season, is now the team’s special assistant to baseball operations. The Seattle Mariners promoted Dave Brundage, Oregon State ’86 to the triple-A level as manager of the Tacoma Rainiers in the Pacific Coast League. He managed the San Antonio Missions in the Texas League the last five seasons. Thom Brennaman, Ohio ’86, is in his ninth year as TV play-by-play man for the Arizona Diamondbacks and continues his role with FOX Network Major League Baseball telecasts.
David Eischeid ’09 of Colorado State was on the third place 400 meter relay at the Mountain West Conference outdoor meet. He also placed seventh in the long jump (22’5.75”) and ninth in the triple jump (46’4”). High jumper Dan Taylor ’08 of Missouri had a best high jump of 6’4 ¾” and teammate Ben Stafford ’07 threw the javelin. Michael Cast ’08 of TexasArlington set a new career mark with a 203’11” javelin throw. At the North Central Conference outdoor meet, Jonathan Gilson ’08 of North Dakota placed ninth in the 1500 and 5000 meter events. Running the 800 and 1500 meter events for West Chester was D.J. Baker ’08. Bart Banach ’08 led five Betas on the Wabash squad. At the NCAC indoor meet, he won the 55 meter dash, was on the winning 800 and 1600 meter relays, and placed fourth in the 200. Outdoors, he won the 100 (11.1) and was second in the 200. Banach was on the 1600 meter relay that set a school record at the North Central Invitational. Andrew Rode ’09 was seventh in the high jump and long jump at the NCAC indoor meet. At the outdoor NCAC meet, he was
David Araiza ’07 of DePauw earned All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference honors with a third place finish at 100 meters and was sixth in the 400 meter hurdles. Teammate Luis Davila ’07 also competed at the SCAC outdoor meet, ranking 12th in the shot and 17th in the javelin. Mark Davis ’07 of Carnegie Mellon was on the winning 1600 meter relay at the University Athletic Association outdoor meet. Competing at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Con- David Araiza ference meet were three Hanover DePauw ’07 Betas. Bobby Smart ’09 placed fourth in the high jump and was joined by Mike McElrath ’07 on the sixth place 400 meter relay. Competing in the HCAC 100 meter dash was Noel Somarriba ’08. Setting a Stevens school record at 400 meters (48.91) was Matt Savary ’07, who placed fourth at the ECAC Division III outdoor meet. He also placed fourth in the 200 meter run at the Last Chance Meet. Also running for Stevens were Trevor Currie ’09 and hurdler Ryan Oelkers ’09. Knox tri-captain Tyler Swafford ’06 was on the fifth place 1600 meter relay at the MWC indoor meet and also competed at 800 meters. Phil Keith
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Chosen as a winner of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award was Ibriham Niankara ’08 of Oklahoma State, who was named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team. At the John Jacobs Invitational, he placed 12th in the 100 meter dash and was 18th in the 200. Jason Giuffre ’06 of Idaho concluded a fine career as a middle distance runner. At the Western Athletic Conference indoor meet, he was on the second place 400 relay and placed fourth at 400 meters. At the outdoor WAC meet, he was on the second place 100 meter relay and was fourth at 400 meters (48.20).
fourth in the high jump and ninth in the long jump. Ben Tritle ’07 placed fifth in the NCAC outdoor shot and eighth in the NCAC indoor shot. At the outdoor NCAC meet, Justin Sparks ’08 was eighth in the shot and ninth in the discus.
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’07 of Lawrence placed 13th in the MWC 5000 meter run and was a steeplechase runner. Other track men included javelin thrower Summer 2006
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