Sports Notebook
Barkers, Maynard haul in top awards
Having already won everything from a national indoor doubles championship to Academic All-District honors, the doubles team of Richard and William Barker, ranked fourth nationally, added Rice’s highest athletic honor to their trophy case Monday.
The Barkers shared the Bob Quin Award, annually presented to Rice’s top male student-athlete, as well as post-graduate scholarships from the “R” Association. In what was merely a formality, the Barkers also won the Sammy Giammalva Award as Rice’s most valuable male tennis players for the 2003 season.
On the women’s side, senior guard Lindsey Maynard won the Joyce Pounds Hardy-McDonald Award as Rice’s outstanding female student-athlete. This basketball season, Maynard was an all-Western Athletic Conference selection and an Academic All-District honoree. Maynard added a second award as well, taking home the Gene Hackerman award as the Most Valuable Player of the women’s basketball team.
Senior swimmer Mandy Mularz and senior runner Allison Beckford, both of whom who have been All-Americans, garnered “R” Association scholarships as well.
— Rice Sports Information Schumer dominates Punt, Pass and Kick
The football team held the First Annual Fightin’ Owl Punt, Pass and Kick Competition March 25 at Rice Stadium. Hanszen College junior Jess Schumer won all three categories of the women’s division.
On the men’s side, Baker junior Dan Phalen won the kick competition with a 31-yard field goal. Martel sophomore Andy Poreda captured the punting contest, with a 58-yarder. Baker also won the pass portion on the strength of junior Geoff Chow’s hitting five out of six targets.
— Rice Football
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