Sports

June 3, 2004

Male Athlete of the Year: Memo Arzate

By Chris Trenchard

The best way to describe his game is comprehensive. From the first whistle to the last, from one goal line to the other, and from the beginning of his career to its end, Memo Arzate covered all the ground he could.

June 3, 2004

Female Athlete of the Year: Megan Blackshire

By Lauren Creamer

Megan Blackshire is a team player. She may have led the UCSB women's volleyball team's offense as a middle blocker, but the sophomore Capistrano Beach, Calif., native has nothing but the team on her mind.

June 3, 2004

Team of the Year: Women’s Basketball

By Sean Swaby

It's a bad time to be in the Big West. Unless of course, you are Santa Barbara. After ripping off its unparalleled eighth consecutive Big West title coupled with its first ever Sweet 16 appearance, the UCSB women's baske...

June 3, 2004

Coach of the Year: Kristy Schroeder

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

Head Coach Kristy Schroeder took the UCSB softball team to its first ever NCAA postseason appearance in only her third year as head coach, earning her Coach of the Year honors.

June 3, 2004

Freshman of the Year: Chris Valaika

By Danny MacLeith

In the classroom, it's annoying when a freshman tries to look like a Ph.D. candidate by asking pretentious questions and using vocabulary from a word-of-the-day calendar.

June 3, 2004

Track and Field: SB Men Finish 14th, Women Place 17th at Regionals

By Stephanie Cain

Members of the UCSB track and field team continue to blow away the competition and exceed all expectations. Santa Barbara will be sending six Gauchos to the NCAA National Championships after competing well in last weeken...

May 28, 2004

Scholarship Regulations Make Recruiting Complex

By Chris Trenchard

Men's volleyball Head Coach Ken Preston has never known the luxury of having too much time on his hands. Neither has the Gaucho baseball team's Head Coach Bob Brontsema.

May 28, 2004

Black Tide Disqualified From National Championship

By Kelly Hayes

Although it went undefeated in the Ultimate Players Association (UPA) sectional and regional tournaments, the UCSB Black Tide men's ultimate Frisbee team will not be making the trip to the Ultimate College National Champ...

May 28, 2004

15 Gauchos Set For Regionals

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May 27, 2004

Track and Field: White Sets Pace for Gaucho Track

By Jessica Vrazilek

This year the cross country and track and field programs will have one of their top runners graduate - senior distance runner Chris White. "Every year you have someone graduate that you know you cannot replace," cross co...

May 27, 2004

Baseball: Malec Tops List of Potential SB Draftees

By Danny MacLeith

You've just been offered a large amount of money to walk away from college and do what you've dreamed of doing since you were hitting off a tee. Take the money and run! No-brainer, right?

May 27, 2004

Surf Column: A Ride to Ride

By Mathis Riley

Mexico is right there. It doesn't take any planning, all you need is a car, some cash for gas and time. The further south you can go, the warmer the water, the thinner the crowds and the cheaper the beer.

May 26, 2004

UCSB Claims Fourth-Straight Commissioner’s Cup

By Lauren Creamer

UCSB is the best in the Big West. Santa Barbara earned its fourth consecutive Big West Conference Commissioner's Cup, recognizing its overall dominance in league competition for the 2003-04 academic year.

May 26, 2004

Redshirting Produces Prepared Athletes

By Sean Swaby

To redshirt, or not to redshirt. That is the question that perplexes NCAA coaches and players. The system in which the NCAA has the power to save collegiate athletes a year of eligibility to hone their undeveloped skills...

May 25, 2004

Softball: Bright Future in Store for UCSB

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

You should always look at the bright side of things. Yes, the UCSB softball team (32-31) ended its postseason play with two quick losses, but the team's accomplishments over the course of the season are astonishing.