Feb. 4, 2003
Colonials Round Up
Men’s Basketball Visits Children’s
Hospital
Head coach Karl Hobbs, along with All-America candidate Chris Monroe
and T.J. Thompson were joined by nine teammates, the entire coaching
staff, members of the athletics support staff and the team mascot, “George,”
for a visit to Washington’s Children’s National Medical Center
on Jan. 13. The visit enabled the Colonials to interact with, read to,
and teach basketball skills to hospitalized children. Many of the children
came to the hospital’s atrium to meet the Colonials while some
players and coaches visited several non-ambulatory patients in their
rooms.
The Children’s National Medical Center is one of many benefactors
of the Children’s Charities Foundation of Washington, which receives
proceeds from the BB&T Classic Tournament. GW has co-hosted the
BB&T Classic every year since its inception in 1995.
Six to be Inducted Into Athletic Hall
of Fame
Six former GW athletes and one former coach will be inducted into the
GW Athletic Hall of Fame on Feb. 14. The honorees include: Dr. Jim Goss,
’79, baseball; Sonni Holland, ’93, men’s basketball;
Wade Hughes, ’85, wrestling; Lisa Shafran, ’95, women’s
tennis’; Dr. Karin Vadelund, ’90, women’s basketball;
Svetlana Vtyurina, ’96, volleyball; and Shannon Higgins-Cirovski,
coach, women’s soccer ’91–’97
This year’s hall of fame dinner and induction ceremonies will be
held at the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom. Reservations are being accepted
(through Feb. 11) by Ed McKee at 994-5778 or via E-mail at: edmckee@gwu.edu.
Tickets cost $40 per person. The inductees also will be recognized at
halftime of the GW-Richmond men’s basketball game Feb. 16.
Women’s Basketball
The women’s basketball team won its eighth straight game swamping
the Florida Gators 74–55, Jan. 26. The Colonials (12–5, 6–0),
remained undefeated in the A-10, beating Xavier 70–57, Jan. 19.
Ugo Oha recorded her second double-double of the season, with 17 points
and 12 rebounds, while Cathy Joens contributed 24 points with seven
rebounds and three assists.
The women handed Saint Joseph’s its first conference defeat of
the season Jan. 23, topping the Hawks 77–67. They battled through
the first half, seeing 10 lead changes and seven ties before pulling
ahead in the final 12 minutes of play.
Men’s Basketball
Chris Monroe scored a season-high 28 points, in a tough 75–70 loss
to UMass Jan. 26. His 28-point outburst helped Monroe become only the
second Colonial to post 2,000 career points. Joe Holup scored 2,226
points from 1953–56.
“It’s an incredible accomplishment,” said Coach Karl
Hobbs after the game. “When he came here as a freshman, if someone
had said he was going to score 2,000 points, you wouldn’t have
believed him. … I feel very honored to have been the one to coach
him.
Gymnastics
The Colonials gymnastics team hosted six regional foes at Smith Center
for the GW Invitational Jan. 16, posting a 191.500 to finish a close
second behind the University of North Carolina. Rachel Mann was second
in the all-around competition with a score of 38.425. For the second
meet in a row, she was followed by Heather Kaufman, who finished fifth
in the all-around with a score of 37.925.
Swimming and Diving
GW’s swimming and diving lost to William and Mary on Jan. 18. The
men fell 124–108 and the women lost 137.5–103.5. The men are
still looking for their first win after eight tries while the women
stand at 3–4. The meet did, however, feature some strong individual
performances from some of the Colonials’ younger stars.
Maggie Moss won two events, taking first in the 200-yd individual medley
with a time of 2:11.65. She also took top-honors in the 200-yd backstroke
with a time of 2:08.35.
Freshman Mark Adam, who received A-10 Co-Rookie of the Week honors earlier
this season, won the 200-yd breastroke with a time of 2:12.06. Junior
Andrew De Sorbo also took first in the 200-yd butterfly with a time
of 1:58.20.
Squash
The George Washington men’s squash team split recent matches, losing
3–6 to No. 24 Rochester and then defeating Virginia, 6–3.
As the season approaches the home stretch, the team is still focused
on conditioning and preparing for the season-ending tournament.
The women’s team played its first matches in the program’s
history. Playing its most difficult matches of the season, against Bowdoin
and Pennsylvania, the women’s team lost 0–9 in both contests.
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