Rohnert named SBC player of the week
DU’s senior basketball captain Nate Rohnert was awarded Sun Belt Player of the Week for the second time this season.
Rohnert averaged 25 points, 6.5 assists and three rebounds while shooting 73.9 percent from the field in Denver’s two SBC victories last week.
Rohnert was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team and ranks third in the Sun Belt in points with 16.8 and third in assists with 4.6.
In Thursday night’s victory over New Orleans, he scored 27 points and had seven assists. Then on Sunday he led the Pioneers again scoring 23 points.
With Sunday’s performance, Rohnert moved into 19th on DU’s all-time scoring list with 1,129 career points and is sixth with 313 career assists.
Rohnert joins WKU’s A.J Slaughter as the only players in the SBC to have earned the honor twice this season.
Leafs call up Bozak
Toronto Marlies forward and ex-University of Denver Pioneer, Tyler Bozak was called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
Bozak signed with the Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2009 and has only played in one professional game thus far.
He struggled through a knee injury and the swine flu that limited him to 32 games with the minor-league Marlies.
In this brief stint, Bozak has recorded four goals and 20 points.
Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson hinted to the Toronto Star that Bozak was called up to center Phil Kessel’s line.
The Leafs have a game Tuesday night against the Carolina Hurricanes that Bozak is expected to play in.
“It hasn’t been an ideal year for him but hopefully he can take advantage whenever we call him up,” said Wilson in an interview to the Toronto Star.
Sherlock named Canada’s top amateur golfer
DU’s Stephanie Sherlock was recognized as Canada’s top female amateur golfer by the Royal Canadian Golf Association.
Last weekend, the RCGA announced the final standings for the 2009 National Order of Merit and Sherlock ended atop the list beating out Sue Kim and Maude Aimee LeBlanc.
She is coming off a very successful year in 2009, in which she won the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate Tournament.
Sherlock was also named to the second All-American team for the third year in a row.
DU men’s lacrosse tabbed to finish No. 2
The DU men’s lacrosse team was voted to finish No. 2 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s Preseason Poll.
The 2010 season will mark the Pioneers first year as a member of the ECAC.
Denver received one first-place vote out of eight, while Loyola University earned six and was selected as preseason No. 1 for the first time in school history.
The Pioneers secured 41 total points, enough to edge out Ohio State for second place.
Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook 2010 placed Loyola, Denver and Ohio State in their Preseason Top-25 poll.
