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The Three Torches 10/29: 2 Basketball Preseason Honors
A men's and women's basketball player each earned spots on preseason honors.
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🏀 2 Preseason honors
🏈 Semifinalist award
⚔️ And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 Watch List. Women’s basketball player Kara Dunn was named to the Preseason Watch List for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award. The award recognizes the top shooting guard in the nation. Dunn is a grad transfer from Georgia Tech. She was the team’s top scorer and an all-conference first-teamer.
🔼 Top 20. Men’s basketball player Rodney Rice was named to the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Top 20 Preseason Watchlist. The award recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men’s college basketball. Rice played at the University of Maryland last season. He helped them to the Sweet Sixteen, averaging 13.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
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🔼 Semifinalist. Safety Bishop Fitzgerald was selected as a semifinalist for the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award. The award honors the best defensive back in college football. Fitzgerald is one of the nation’s best defenders. He leads the nation in interceptions with five.
Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is Reese Messer. The volleyball player was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Messer had a career-high 48 assists and 16 digs for her eighth double-double. This is her second time earning this honor this season.
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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD
Wednesday, October 29
⛳️ Women’s Golf East Lake Cup | Live Stats
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. UCLA @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
Friday, October 31
🎾 Women’s Tennis JKC Dennis Rizza Classic
🎾 Men’s Tennis Hagedorn Hidden Dual
👟 Cross Country Big Ten Championships | Live Stats
Saturday, November 1
🎾 Women’s Tennis JKC Dennis Rizza Classic
🎾 Men’s Tennis Hagedorn Hidden Dual
🤽 Men’s Water Polo vs. California @ 1pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏈 Football at Nebraska @ 4:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Women’s Volleyball at Minnesota @ 6pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
Sunday, November 2
🎾 Women’s Tennis JKC Dennis Rizza Classic
🎾 Men’s Tennis Hagedorn Hidden Dual
🤽 Men’s Water Polo vs. Stanford @ 1pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
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⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, everyone!