Salazar picks up first team All-SEC honors for second time

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Arkansas senior Jose Salazar picked up First Team All-SEC honors from the league office on Thursday.

It marks the second straight year that Salazar has earned first team conference honors, after being named to the second team 2016.

Salazar becomes just the second Razorback (Mike Redlicki – 2016 and 2017) to earn first team honors back-to-back years since Oskar Johansson in 2000 and 2001.

Earning an at-large selection to compete in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Singles Tennis Championships, Salazar enters postseason with a career mark of 86-30 (.741) in singles, the third-best career winning percentage in school history.

This season, Salazar is 24-10 overall, including an 18-6 mark in dual matches this spring. Salazar is 9-4 against ranked opponents, winning seven of his last eight against ranked foes. Overall, he has won nine of his last 10 matches.

Razorbacks collect all-conference awards from league Thursday

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas collected some hardware this week with players and coach Shauna Taylor earning All-SEC honors the league office announced Thursday.

In addition to the team title, Arkansas earned three major individual awards including SEC Coach of the Year, SEC Player of the Year and SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

SEC Honors (Arkansas)
SEC Coach of the Year: Shauna Taylor
SEC Player of the Year: Maria Fassi
First-Team All-SEC: Maria Fassi, Dylan Kim, Alana Uriell
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Dylan Kim
SEC Women’s Golf Community Service Team: Cara Gorlei

Taylor and the Razorbacks won the program’s first SEC title in Birmingham, Alabama, two weeks ago and are enjoying a record-setting year.

Taylor’s selection as coach of the year is her second (2014) in five seasons.

Fassi picked up SEC Player of the Year honors joining former Razorback Stacy Lewis as the only student-athletes in program history to earn the award.

Fassi also earned her third all-conference honor with her first-team selection this season.

Junior Dylan Kim and senior Alana Uriell join Fassi as First-Team All-SEC selections.

It is Kim’s second All-SEC honor after the Plano, Texas, native earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors which were announced at the conference championship.

Uriell moves up to the first-team this year after a second-team selection as a junior.

The Razorbacks earned the No. 1 seed in the Austin (Texas) NCAA Regional.

The three-day event takes place at the University of Texas Golf Course May 7-9, with the top six teams from the four NCAA Regional sites advancing to the NCAA Championship May 18-23.

Razorbacks wrap up regular season hosting Arkansas Twilight

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

FAYETTEVILLE — No. 8 Arkansas hosts the Arkansas Twilight this Friday at John McDonnell Field.

The meet will be the last of the regular season before the Razorbacks travel to the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships next Friday-Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn.

The Razorbacks are up two spots in the USTFCCCA’s weekly poll, heading into this weekend with a No. 8 national ranking following last weekend’s National Relay Championships.

Arkansas is one of five teams ranked team from the Southeastern Conference, with Florida holding the No. 1 overall spot followed by Alabama at No. 3, Texas A&M at No. 4, and Georgia at No. 6. Full rankings can be found here.

Jack Bruce will also compete at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford University and will run the 5,000-meters in Stanford, California Thursday. The race is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:52 p.m.

Date/Time: Friday, May 4 | Field Events Begin at 12:30 p.m., running events begin at 6 p.m.
Venue: John McDonnell Field
Tickets: $5 for Adults, 17 and under free
Important Links: Meet Schedule | Entries/Heat Sheets | Live Results | SEC Network+ Stream

Events To Watch

100-meters
Entries: Kristoffer Hari

200-meters
Entries: Jalen Brown, Kristoffer Hari, Kevin Harris, Obi Igbokwe,

400-meters
Arkansas Twilight Entries: Jalen Brown, Roy Ejiakuekwu, Britt Sease, Jamarco Stephen, Hunter Woodhall

800-meters
Ethan Moehn, Chase Pareti, Kieran Taylor, Reese Walters

1500-meters
Colin O’Mara

5,000-meters
Payton Jordan Entries:
Jack Bruce

110-meter hurdles
Travius Chambers, Shakiel Chattoo, Larry Donald

4-x-100-meter relay
Arkansas
1) Hari, Kristoffer 2) Schrage, Harrison
3) Mowatt, Kemar 4) Donald, Larry

4-x-400-meter relay
Arkansas
1) Walters, Reese 2) Pareti, Chase
3) Taylor, Kieran 4) Woodhall, Hunter
5) Stephen, Jamarco

High Jump
Rivera, Brendon

Pole Vault
Stokes, Brandon

Long Jump
Trae Carey

Shot Put
Sam Kempka
Jeff Rogers

Discus
Gabe Moore
Erich Sullins

Hammer Throw 
Erich Sullins

Javelin
Andrew Henn
Alex Springer

No. 4-ranked Razorbacks set to host regular-season finale

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

FAYETTEVILLE — No. 4 Arkansas will host the Arkansas Twilight this Friday inside John McDonnell Field.

The meet will be the last of the regular season before the Razorbacks travel to the SEC Outdoor Championships next Friday-Sunday.

The Razorbacks are up one spot in the USTFCCCA’s weekly poll, heading into this weekend with a No. 4 national ranking following last weekend’s National Relay Championships.

Arkansas is second-highest ranked team from the Southeastern Conference, with LSU holding the No. 1 overall spot, while Georgia is ranked No. 5.

Full rankings can be found here.

Two Razorbacks will also compete at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford University as Devin Clark and Carina Viljoen will run in the 1,500 meter run in Palo Alto, California Thursday. The race is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:10 p.m.

Date/Time: Friday, May 4 | Field Events Begin at 12:30 p.m., running events begin at 6 p.m.
Venue: John McDonnell Field
Tickets: $5 for Adults, 17 and under free
Important Links: Meet Schedule | Entries/Heat Sheets | Live Results | SEC Network+ Stream

Events To Watch

100 Meter Dash
Entries: Jada Baylark, Janeek Brown, Morgan Burks Magee, Tamara Kuykendall, Kiara Parker

Baylark holds the No. 9 time in the country in the 100 Meter Dash this season, clocking in a time of 11.09 at the Texas Relays on March 28.

Baylark has been stellar in the race all season, but has not been able to record wind legal times since the relays in Austin, Texas.

The Razorbacks hold two more top-48 times, with Kiara Parker and Janeek Brown clocking the 28th and 43rd best times, respectively.

200 Meter Dash
Entries: Morgan Burks Magee, Sydney Davis, Tamara Kuykendall

Baylark again leads the Razorbacks in the 200 meter dash, recording a season best time of 23.00 at the LSU Alumni gold meet two weeks ago.

Parker’s time at the Arkansas Spring Invitational ranks 79th nationally, as she will look to shave off some time to place in the top-48 to qualify for the NCAA Prelims.

1,500 Meter Run
Arkansas Twilight Entries: Kristen Larkan, Alex Ritchey, Greta Taylor, Ruth Wiggins
Payton Jordan Entries: Devin Clark, Carina Viljoen

Head coach Lance Harter will send his top two runners in the 1,500 Meter Run to the Payton Jordan Invite at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.

Viljoen ranks comfortably in top-20 nationally with the 16th-best time of 4:16.07, while Clark will look to improve of her time of 4:21.21 recorded at the Stanford Invitational in March.

Knight on big series with LSU on road this weekend

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

Arkansas pitcher Blaine Knight talked Monday about a big series with LSU this weekend and catches by centerfielder Dominic Fletcher this year.

Van Horn knows series at LSU will be big one

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn met with the media Wednesday and talked about how the Tigers are playing well at home and it will be a tough series.

Fletcher can’t pick favorite of big catches

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

Arkansas centerfielder Dominic Fletcher said he really doesn’t have a favorite among his many big catches this season and knows going to LSU will be tough.

Cole on Fletcher’s big plays, going to Baton Rouge

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

With Arkansas headed to play an LSU team that is tough on the road, rightfielder Eric Cole knows they are going to face a strong opponent in a key SEC series.

Williams suing insurance agency, Lloyd’s of London

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

FAYETTEVILLE — Apparently Rawleigh Williams III hasn’t been paid after suffering a second neck injury in 2017 and he’s going to court to resolve the matter.

Attorneys representing Williams filed a lawsuit in Washington County Circuit Court on Monday. Several underwriters were named, including Lloyd’s, International Speciality Insurance and local agent Justin B. Boeving of Prairie Grove as defendants.

Willians is claiming they have not paid off on a $1 million disability policy taken out in March 2017. The lawsuit, obtained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story Tuesday says the lawsuit alleges bad faith, deceit and civil conspiracy.

Williams, 21, is suing the parties for breach of contract, claiming they have not paid on a $1 million disability insurance policy taken out in March 2017, bad faith, deceit and civil conspiracy, according to the lawsuit, which was obtained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Williams retired from football May 8, 2017, after suffering a second neck injury during the Razorbacks’ Red-White spring practice inside Walker Pavilion on April 29, 2017.

Williams is demanding a jury trial and seeking payment of the $1 million policy as well as more than $3 million in punitive damages, court costs, attorney’s fees and statutory damages of 12 percent of the total loss.

Hogs offer fifth in-state prospect for Class of 2020

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

Multiple news outlets are reporting Arkansas coach Mike Anderson has made a fifth in-state offer for the Class of 2020, this time to Fort Smith Northside center Jaylin Williams.

Williams, playing for the 15-under Arkansas Hawks, is a 6-9, 215-pounder getting strong looks from Oklahoma State after a solid season for the Grizzlies as a sophomore.

He averaged 7.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game on a team that finished as Class 7A’s state runner-up.

Northside coach Eric Burnett confirmed the offer to HawgSports.com and said Williams has a very high ceiling:

“First, I know everyone lists him at 6-9, but I think he’s grown some,” Burnett said. “I think he’s 6-10 and still growing. He’s got a lot of potential. Jaylin can do it all. He can post up, rebound and block shots. We actually use him in press and he’s athletic enough to do that. He really can do it all.”

Loseke’s performances last week gets national attention

ESPN Arkansas News Services
-
0

DALLAS — Junior Barrett Loseke has been named the National Pitcher of the Week, the NCBWA announced Tuesday.

Loseke is the first Razorback to win a National Athlete of the Week award since Andrew Benintendi was named National Hitter of the Week in 2015.

The nod comes one day after the Tulsa, Oklahoma native was named the Southeastern Conference’s Pitcher of the Week, Arkansas’ first Conference Pitcher of the Week honor this season.

Loseke threw 8.1 scoreless innings combined in three separate appearances out of the bullpen to help the Razorbacks complete an undefeated week, including a win over No. 4 Texas Tech and a sweep of Alabama.

For the week, he gave up only two hits, walking four and striking out 17 batters, corralling two saves and earning a win.

On Tuesday, Loseke threw 4.2 perfect innings out of the bullpen against the Red Raiders and struck out a career-high 10 batters.

He picked up his second save in as many appearances on Saturday against Alabama, throwing 1.1 innings, only giving up one hit, one walk and striking out two batters, helping Arkansas to the series victory.

Loseke came back the next day to garner the win against Alabama after throwing 2.1 innings with just one hit allowed, walking three and striking out five.

Loseke’s Numbers Appearances Starts Record IP H R ER BB SO ERA Saves B/Avg.
4/23-4/27 3 0 1-0 8.1 2 0 0 4 17 0.00 2 .080
2018 Season 14 2 1-1 28.0 18 12 12 16 42 3.86 2 .188

The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.

Loseke and the Razorbacks return to action this weekend for a three-game series against LSU beginning at 7 p.m. Friday.

Games one and three can be seen on the SEC Network+ via the WatchESPN App, while Saturday’s game two will televised on the SEC Network beginning at 7 p.m.

1...1,5851,5861,587...1,814Page 1,586 of 1,814