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Football

"We are going to make the offensive line a high priority for next year,” said Head Football Coach Dirk Koetter while discussing his 24 signees with the media on Feb. 1, and he meant it. Of the 24 players who committed to ASU on its signing day, 14 are offensive linemen.

Out of the two-dozen new recruits, there are 15 freshmen, and nine junior college transfers. Five of those signed are from Arizona, including the Arizona Republic’s Big School Player of the Year 2005, Kyle Williams from Chaparral High School. Other prospective players include the 6-foot-4, 235-pound, 16-year-old Lance Evbuomwan from Redlands, Calf.; San Diego defensive player of the year Travis Goethel; and Jermaine Williams from Maryvale High School, who was rated No. 1 player in the state of Arizona by Rivals.com and made the Arizona Republic’s class 5-A All-State second team.

Volleyball

ASU Vice President of Athletics Lisa Love was inducted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame with four others, in a ceremony held in conjunction with the association’s annual meeting on Dec. 15 in San Antonio, Texas.

Love’s class was the third group of volleyball coach/educators, administrators, and players to be inducted. The hall of fame committee praised Love for her leadership position at ASU, as well as her impressive 404 -171 record as head volleyball coach at the University of Texas at Arlington and her 205-93 record as coach at the University of Southern California.

Love served as the volleyball coaches association’s president in 1997-98 and was vice president of the Pac-10 Conference in 1992-3 and 2001-2. In her nomination, the association called her “instrumental to the development and the direction of volleyball on a national scale.”

Softball

A new era of ASU softball is on the horizon and the team hopes to turn up the heat in the Pac-10 conference, with the guidance of new coach Clint Myers ‘76 B.A.E.

The team kicked off the 2006 season Feb. 9 against Utah State, and announced the creation of the Diamond Devils, a booster organization.

The Diamond Devils are expected to champion support and bring greater awareness of ASU women's softball. Softball team fans who join the club will have the opportunity to attend several receptions and many other events throughout the year that are held exclusively for Diamond Devils members.

Diamond Devils will also automatically become a member of the Sun Angel Foundation, the donor organization of ASU Athletics.
Enrollment forms for the new booster club can be found on the ASU Softball Home Page on the Sun Devils official athletics site, www.thesundevils.com. For additional information, call Jim Beitia at (480) 727-7312 in the ASU women's softball office.

Sailing Club

The ASU Sailing Club was recognized at the United States Sailing Association’s annual National Sailing Program Symposium Jan. 21 for creating an outstanding program for disabled sailors. Able-bodied and disabled sailors are able to sail side-by-side, thanks to the club operating three sailboats with adapted technology that allows disabled club members to operate the boat’s controls.

According to Jake Geller, the president of the sailing club, the symposium is a chance for sailing program organizers and sailors of every experience level to celebrate achievements and share ideas with one another. The team is proud of their honor, he said.

"It’s a great feeling to be recognized for doing something different in the sailing community,” he said.

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