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...Heisman, the Hobey Baker, and the Naismith all pale in comparison. In last year’s storybook season, one prestigious medal eluded the decorated Harvard fencing team: the Iron Man, the oldest consistently awarded trophy in collegiate history, bestowed upon the top foil squad at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships each winter. At Saturday’s edition in Lawrenceville, N.J., the squad checked off its final to-do item with a men’s foil victory and added wins in the combined men’s and women’s, the women?...
...Niki Finelli will need her soft touch from the outside and forwards Katie Rollins and Christiana Lackner will have to get their teammates second chances on the boards. Wisconsin boasts not only a tough team defense, but individual players that can score at will against less disciplined opponents. Preseason Naismith Trophy candidate Jolene Anderson averages 17 points and eight rebounds from the guard spot, while classmate Janese Banks is chipping in 14 points a game of her own. The Crimson insists, however, that the keys to tonight’s game lie in its own hands...
While many of her players took summer internships or joined summer basketball leagues, Delaney-Smith was coaching the likes of 2005 Naismith Player of the Year Seimone Augustus of LSU and preseason All-American Monique Currie from Duke. Players from perennial national powerhouses Texas Tech, Stanford, Notre Dame, and Ohio State were on the squad...
...hard on me that I didn't think I was good," says Parker. Another older brother, Marcus, 27, knocked not-so-little sister around in late-night games one-on-one. The tough love paid off: Candace is the only person--male or female--to have won the Naismith national High School Player of the Year Award twice...
UConn coach Geno Auriemma has won four Naismith National Coach of the Year awards in his 19 years with the Huskies, a run that has included five straight national championships...