Dana Evans is a First Team All-American
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Louisville’s Dana Evans has been named a First Team All-American by the Associated Press. She becomes just the third Cardinal to earn the honor, joining Angel McCoughtry (2009) and Asia Durr (2018, 2019).
Evans, who last month was named ACC Player of the Year for a second straight season, was a Second Team All-American last season.
The Gary, Ind. native leads the ACC with 20.0 points per game and ranks seventh with 4.2 assists per game. She ranks fifth in the country with a 92.0 free throw percentage. She is 81-88 (.920) from the line on the season and was 57-59 (.966) in ACC play.
Congrats to Tom Brady, Michigan sophomore who placed 12th in the indoor track NCAA championship 3000 m in a personal best 7:57.92. 2nd team All American.
Junior Tom Dodd placed 7th in the mile at 3:58.65. 1st team All American.
Senior Devin Meyrer took 11th in the 5000 m with a personal best 13:40.66. 2nd team All American. Also set the UM indoor school record.
In the woman's 5000 m, Ericka VanderLende earned Second-Team All-American honors with a 15th-place 16:37.36.
The Woman's distance medley relay team placed 5th. All American.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Four Jayhawks earned NCAA All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Friday, including junior Samantha Van Hoecke’s First Team honors in the women’s pole vault.
Competing in her first NCAA Championships, Van Hoecke placed seventh overall by clearing a personal best 4.36m (14-3.5 ft.), tying the sixth best performance in KU indoor history. Van Hoecke also became the first KU All-American in the women’s pole vault indoors since Laura Taylor in 2018.
Despite opening her day with a miss at the opening height of 4.16m (13-7.75 ft.), Van Hoecke bounced back and cleared on her second attempt. She would miss on her first two attempts at 4.26m (13-11.75 ft.), before making it over the bar on her final attempt.
Eight MAC players land NFL Combine invites
Instead of its traditional location in Indianapolis, the NFL Combine will occur at five MAC campuses, among other universities across the country.
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The 2021 NFL Combine won’t transpire in its traditional venue of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Instead, the Combine is coming to Muncie, Buffalo, Kent, Oxford, Kalamazoo, and dozens of other college campuses around the country.
All in-person NFL Combine workouts will occur at teams’ individual pro days. Invitees will also participate in virtual media sessions as part of the COVID-19 adjusted Combine experience. This year, 323 NFL Draft hopefuls received invitations to participate at the 2021 NFL Combine. Of those 323, eight players hail from five Mid-American Conference universities.