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NEW WEBSITE ALMOST READY FOR LAUNCH! Design and preparation work for the new, improved UTD Athletics Website is nearing completion, but will unfortunately NOT be ready for the first games of the Fall 2008 volleyball and soccer season. Due to the delay, we will be posting only brief scores and capsules of UTD games until we are ready to launch: TEMPORARY ATHLETIC NEWS: WOMEN'S SOCCER @ RHODES COLLEGE TOURN.; Memphis, TN - UTD 0, Birmingham Southern 0 (2OT) (Boxscore) - Rhodes College (TN) 2, UTD 1 (Boxscore) TUESDAY 9/2 UTD 1, Austin College 0 (Boxscore) UTD VOLLEBALL GILBERT LABOR DAY TOURNAMENT (Tournament Link Here) - UTD def. Wiley College, 25-17, 25-21, 24-26, 25-17 (Box) - UTD def. Baruch College, 25-11, 25-14, 25-11 (Box) - UTD def. Hardin-Simmons, 25-18, 25-22, 25-18 (Box) - UTD def. Southwestern, 17-25, 25-22, 27-29, 25-23, 15-13 (Box) MEN'S SOCCER @ OHIO WESLEYAN TOURN.; Delaware, OH - Kenyon (OH) 3, UT Dallas 2 (OT) (Boxscore) - Ohio Wesleyan 3, UT Dallas 2 (Boxscore)

>>BASEBALL/SOFTBALL AWARDS
UTD Shortstop Leads Post-Season Awards As 2nd Team Academic All-American
Baseball, Softball Place 11 On ASC All-Division Squads

RICHARDSON, TX - UTD senior shortstop Amber Griffin (pictured) has been named as a second-team selection on the prestigious national College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team. Griffin, a senior who set 18 school records during her recently-completed career, was also named a First-Team All-West Region selection at shortstop by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA); then won first-team Academic All-District recognition in the CoSIDA contest to qualify for the national ballot..
>>ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN STORY
>>GRIFFIN, RYAN EARN NFCA, ASC SOFTBALL HONORS STORY
>>TRIO OF BASEBALL PLAYERS 2ND TEAM SELECTIONS STORY

>>ACADEMIC ALL CONFERENCE
ASC Academic Team Honors 24 Comets
RICHARDSON, TX - Twenty-four student-athletes from six spring sports teams have been named Academic All-Conference by the American Southwest Conference. STORY

>>END-OF-YEAR AWARDS BANQUET
Cox, Jackson Named UTD Athletes of Year
Seniors Mark Cox of the UTD baseball team and Kelli Jackson of the Comets women's soccer team were named Wednesday night as the UTD Male & Female Student-Athletes of the Year at the Athletic Department's annual end-of-year Awards Banquet. Basketball players Ernie Lowery and Ericka Baker were chosen as the recipients of the Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards. UTD coaches also presented their MVP and Comet Awards for the 2007-08 season. STORY

>>SOFTBALL
Griffin's Record-Setting
Senior Season Softens
Disappointment
CLINTON, MS - The UTD softball team finished off a disappointing 12-27 season Saturday, dropping three of four games at Mississippi College in their final road series of the year. UTD did manage a win in the second game of a Friday doubleheader, defeating the Choctaws, 12-9. The Comets lost the opener, 7-3; then fell twice on Saturday, 10-8 and 8-1. Senior Amber Griffin (pictured) did, however, finish off a record-setting UTD career by going 8-for-16 to cap off the season hitting an alltime school record of .474, and setting 18 different school records. STORY
UTD SOFTBALL NEWS

>>GOLF
Comet Golfers Save Best For Last at ASC
ANNA, TX - The UTD men's golf team and women's golfer Alicia Yoder all rebounded after a frustrating opening day at the American Southwest Conference Golf Championships on Tuesday, but neither was able to dig out of the hole they created a day earlier. The UTD men finished in fourth place, knocking 11 strokes off the 314 they shot the first two rounds to finish with a 931, but still finished well behind team champion Mary Hardin-Baylor (885). Brian Vaughn (pictured) finished 15th with a 230. Yoder (pictured), who was UTD's best hope for individual honors on the women's side, bounced back with a 81 Tuesday after a 92 in the first round ended her chances in the medalist race. The tournament was played at Hurricane Creek Country Club. STORY
UTD GOLF NEWS

>>TENNIS
UTD Freshman DeBusschere Named
All-Conference
RICHARDSON, TX - UTD tennis standout Eric DeBusschere has been selected to the American Southwest Conference All-Conference team in addition to two other honors in the All-ASC awards announced Wednesday. DeBusschere, a freshman from Olympia, Washington, was also chosen as the ASC East Division Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-East Division squad member. Two other UTD male players were also chosen for East Division honors. STORY
ASC TOURNAMENT STORY|
UTD TENNIS NEWS

>>BASEBALL
Comets Win Final ASC Season Series
RICHARDSON, TX - The UTD baseball team will miss out on its first American Southwest Conference post-season tournament, but it didn't stop the Comets (22-16, 5-11) from taking out their frustrations on visiting East Texas Baptist in the first game of the final three-game weekend series Friday, winning the opener 16-2. UTD had to rally, however, in the first game of a Saturday doubleheader to take a 9-8 win. The Comets then rallied again in the series finale, forcing extra innings, but fell 14-8 in 11 innings. Junior Jared Smith had three home runs over the weekend while seniors Chase Whitehead and Michael Cargile each had individual big games in their final games with the team. STORY
UTD BASEBALL NEWS

>>GOLF
Yoder Ties For Medalist
at LETU Tournament
LONGVIEW TX - UTD women's golfer Alicia Yoder continued to stake her claim as one of the top female golfers in the American Southwest Conference over the weekend, tying for medalist honors at the LeTourneau University Spring Classic. Yoder shot a two-round total of 166 to tie with UT-Tyler's Samantha Humphrey, but lost a playoff to Humphrey to just miss out on the individual trophy. ASC members LeTourneau, McMurry, Hardin-Simmons, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Schreiner and UT-Tyler all had teams at the tournament, which is the final tuneup before the ASC Championships next Monday-Tuesday at Hurrican Creek Country Club in Anna, Texas. STORY


>>STUDENT-ATHLETE ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
Athletic Department Honors 35 Top Achievers Both On Field, In Classroom
The UTD Department of Intercollegiate Athletics honored 35 of its top student-athletes Tuesday at the first annual Academic Recognition Luncheon in the Galaxy Room. The student-athletes honored all had cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 or better and were in at least their second year of participation in the program. STORY

>>NCAA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Two Comets Selected To Attend National NCAA Forum For Student-Athletes
For the first time in UTD athletic history, two student-athletes have been selected to attend the NCAA National Student-Athlete Leadership Development Conference this May in Orlando, Florida. Sophomore Tawni Ichimura, a member of the UTD women's basketball and softball teams, and junior Bruno Alonso (pictured) of UTD's championship men's soccer squad, will represent the university. STORY

>>WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Coach, Four Players Earn All-East Honors
As ASC Presents Year-End Awards
UTD women's basketball coach Polly Thomason (near right) was a co-winner of the American Southwest Conference East Division Coach of the Year award while two of her players were chosen among the best in the division as part of the All-ASC awards announced Monday. Sophomore guard Chelsea Edwards (middle) became only the second player in UTD history to win First-Team All-East Division recognition while senior Ericka Baker (right) was selected as the East Division's Defensive Player of the Year. Two other Comets - Jenise Langston and Lauren Hale - were also recognized. STORY
>>NO. 12 McMURRY ENDS COMETS' TOURNEY RUN STORY
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NEWS

>>MEN'S BASKETBALL
Lowery, Two Others Named
To All-ASC Honor Squads
Junior Ernie Lowery (pictured) was named a member of the American Southwest Conference All-East Division second team as the annual post-season awards were announced Monday. Sophomore Jordan Eppink was selected for honorable mention honors while freshman Jimmy Witten was chosen as one of five players in the East Division for the All-ASC East Freshman Team. STORY
>>COMETS CAN'T CONTAIN CONCORDIA IN ASC TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS STORY
MEN'S BASKETBALL NEWS

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>>ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
Baker, Lowery Earn Spots On District 6 Academic Squads
UTD's Ericka Baker and Ernie Lowery - two of the top players on their respective Comet basketball teams - have been elected to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America)/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 6 teams. Both student-athletes are among the top scorers on their team and have cumulative grade point averages above 3.7. STORY

>>FALL 2007 ACADEMIC ALL-ASC TEAM
Thirty Honored For Classroom Excellence
RICHARDSON, TX - Thirty University of Texas at Dallas student-athletes - including 14 from the women's soccer team - have been selected as members of the American Southwest Conference Academic All-Conference team for the three fall sports. Each team also had a UTD nominee named to the ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete team. STORY

>>MEN'S SOCCER
Comets Win ASC Title!

CLARKSVILLE, AR - The UTD men's soccer team celebrates after winning the 2007 American Southwest Conference championship with a dramatic 2-1 overtime win over host University of the Ozarks Sunday afternoon. (Link Here to RADIO BROADCAST of 2nd half & OT of ASC Championship Game).
UTD MEN'S SOCCER NEWS
>>WHITE NAMED ASC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR STORY
>>WHITE FIRST-TEAM ALL-REGIONAL SELECTION STORY

>>ASC TRAINING AWARDS
UTD Trainers Named Staff of the Year
RICHARDSON, TX - Head Athletic Trainer Larry Gardner and the UTD athletic training staff have been honored as the American Southwest Conference East Division staff of the year for the second time. STORY

>>VOLLEYBALL
Wetz Leads Five All-ASC Selections;
Sanders Earns Coach of the Year Honor
RICHARDSON, TX - Freshman outside hitter Amber Wetz became UTD's fourth consecutive ASC East Division Newcomer of the Year while also earning first-team All-East Division honors in the ASC post-season awards. UTD Coach Marci Sanders was named the East Division Coach of the Year after guiding her team to a 21-10 record. STORY
UTD VOLLEYBALL NEWS
>>COMETS SEASON ENDS IN ASC SEMIFINALS STORY

>>WOMEN'S SOCCER
Jackson Wins Fourth Straight ASC
Defensive Player of the Year Award
RICHARDSON, TX - Senior defender Kelli Jackson capped off a stellar women's soccer career at UTD with a clean sweep of post-season recognition. For the fourth consecutive year, Jackson was named the American Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and a member of the first-team All-ASC squad. UTD had three other players honored as first-team selections and three other honorees. STORY
UTD WOMEN'S SOCCER

>>JACKSON NAMED ALL-SOUTH REGION STORY
>>UTD COMES UP JUST SHORT AT ASC SEMIFINALS. STORY

>>UTD ATHLETIC HALL OF HONORS

Inaugural Foursome Honored at Banquet
The first four members of the new University of Texas at Dallas Athletics Hall of Honors were inducted in an "invitation only" dinner Monday night. The four members of the inaugural class were (clockwise, beginning top left) former men's soccer player Christopher Bodie Ortega, former UTD Athletic Director Mary Walters, former women's player Cara Smedley Murez and Fred Jacoby, original commissioner of the American Southwest Conference. STORY

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2006-2007 Season Highlights
>>Former Comet Inducted In ASC Hall of Fame. STORY
>>Trio Wins UTD Athlete of Year Honors STORY
>>Comets Finish Third at NCAA Regionals BASEBALL NEWS
>>Young Team Begins Rebuilding Process SOFTBALL NEWS
>>Comet Men Advance To ASC Finals TENNIS NEWS
>>Golfers Improving Under Fulltime Coach GOLF NEWS
>>UTD Nipped In Quarterfinal Round MEN'S BSKB NEWS
>>Comets Earn First Playoff Trip WOMEN'S BSKB NEWS
>>Title Slips From UTD's Hands WOMEN'S SOCCER NEWS
>>UTD Falters In Opening Round. MEN'S SOCCER NEWS
>>Comets Advance to ASC Title Game VOLLEYBALL NEWS
>>Promising Season Ends at ASC Meet CROSS COUNTRY NEWS