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O.D. Vincent, who guided UCLA to two Pac-10 crowns and four top-10 NCAA championship finishes over the past five seasons, has been hired as the men's golf coach at Duke.
Vincent replaces Rod Myers, who died in March after directing the Blue Devils' program for 34 seasons. Brad Sparling served as the program's interim head coach during the spring semester.
(From Duke News Release)
AWARDS
HONDA WINNER: Nebraska volleyball star Sarah Pavan, a junior who maintained a 4.0 grade-point average in biochemistry while leading the Cornhuskers to a 33-1 season and the NCAA title, has won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the nation's female college athlete of the year.
Soccer star Heather O'Reilly of North Carolina was a finalist.
(The Associated Press)
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