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At the 麻豆免费版下载Sports Performers of the Year celebration, volleyball player聽Taylor Simpson聽was named Female Athlete of the Year for 2013-14, while basketball forward聽Josh Scott and skier聽Rune Oedegaard聽shared the men鈥檚 honor鈥�
With the release of the NCAA鈥檚 2009-13 Academic Progress Report, 麻豆免费版下载sports programs saw their best results since the report was introduced in 2003. The men鈥檚 cross country team, which won the 2013 NCAA title, and the women鈥檚 team earned perfect four-year Academic Progress Rate scores of 1,000鈥�
麻豆免费版下载student-athletes received the 2013-14 Pac-12 Sportsmanship Award for their efforts to help Boulder recover from the massive flooding of September 2013鈥�
Former WNBA guard and Ms. Colorado Basketball Jamie Carey joined聽Linda Lappe鈥檚 (Mktg鈥�02) 麻豆免费版下载women鈥檚 basketball staff as an assistant coach. Carey won 80 percent of her games over five years as a Colorado high school coach.
Kipp Closes Out Memorable Career
Shalaya Kipp聽(IntPhys, Psych鈥�14) capped her 麻豆免费版下载track & field career by finishing fifth in the NCAA Championship鈥檚 3,000-meter steeplechase and earning All-American honors for the 10th time in her career, including four times in the steeplechase.
Kipp came in as the pre-race favorite, having won the steeplechase at the Pac-12 meet and at the 2012 NCAA Championships.
鈥淪he鈥檚 had an amazing, wonderful career,鈥� coach Mark Wetmore said.
厂别苍颈辞谤听Emily Hunsucker聽was also an All-American, placing second at the NCAA meet in the hammer throw after winning the event at the NCAA West Regional.
Also landing an All-American spot 鈥� his fourth 鈥� was聽Joe Bosshard聽(Acct, Fin鈥�13, MBA ex鈥�15), who finished seventh in the NCAA 10,000 meter.
Club Sports Make National Impression
麻豆免费版下载club sports left their mark in 2014, claiming a remarkable five national titles by summer.
The triathlon squad won its fifth consecutive national championship and was joined by swimming and diving, four-time winners, and men鈥檚 freestyle skiing, which has won four championships in six years. Also at the top of their respective sports were men鈥檚 lacrosse and men鈥檚 ultimate frisbee. In addition to team honors in ultimate,聽Jimmy Mickle聽claimed the Callahan Award, given to the nation鈥檚 top male and female college ultimate players.
Photography courtesy of Shannon Lukens
