Twenty athletes remain in contention for the John R. Wooden Award: Kristine Anigwe, California Ariel Atkins, Texas Kalani Brown, Baylor Lexie Brown, Duke Jordin Canada, UCLA Napheesa Collier, Connecticut Sophie Cunningham, Missouri Asia Durr, Louisville Katelynn Flaherty, … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2018
Oklahoma the Runaway Preseason No. 1, as Sooners Seek Third Straight Title
Two-time defending Women's College World Series champion Oklahomadominates the preseason polls, holding the No. 1 spot heading into the 2018 season. The Sooners captured all the first-place votes in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll and all but one in theUSA Today/NFCA poll. As the above-linked … [Read more...]
Caradh O’ Donovan switches to Karate for her Olympic dream.
National title, check. World title, check. Irish kickboxer Caradh O' Donovan looked around her and thought it was time for a new challenge. And with all the excitement around Karate's acceptance into the Olympic programme, what else would do? Would you, could you do it? We met in November to … [Read more...]
Dawn Staley Award midseason watch list
And then there were 15: Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State University Tyasha Harris, University of South Carolina Kia Nurse, University of Connecticut Katie lou Samuelson, University of Connecticut Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State University Morgan William, Mississippi State University Jordin … [Read more...]