Junior Paige Mintun was named to the All-Big West Conference first team for the second straight year, Heidi Heintz was selected to the second team and Sandy Simpson was named the Big West Coach of the Year, headlining UC Davis' honorees on the league's postseason women's basketball awards list. More
Paige Mintun, who helped clinch UC Davis' first-ever Big West Conference regular-season championship by scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, was named the league's Player of the Week on Monday.
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Paige Mintun scored a game-high 21 points and had 10 rebounds and UC Davis raced to a 21-point halftime lead on Saturday night as the Aggies claimed their first-ever regular-season Big West Conference championship with an 80-52 women's basketball victory over Cal State Fullerton at The Pavilion.
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Paige Mintun scored a season-high 23 points and had a team-best eight rebounds on Thursday night as the UC Davis women's basketball team battled back from a first-half deficit to beat visiting Cal State Northridge 62-53 and move into a first-place tie with UC Riverside atop the Big West Conference.
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The UC Davis women's basketball team plays its final two regular-season games this weekend when it hosts Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. Tipoff is 7 p.m. for both games.
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Brittany Waddell's three-pointer from the corner late in the game put UC Riverside in the lead for good as the host Highlanders battled back after giving up an early 14-point lead to defeat UC Davis on Saturday evening and take a half-game lead in the Big West Conference.
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Vicky Deely scored a game-high 13 points and UC Davis opened a big first-half lead against Long Beach State for the second straight game as the Aggies beat the 49ers 70-46 on Thursday night at Walter Pyramid, taking over sole possession of first place in the Big West Conference women's basketball...
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The UC Davis women's basketball team will look to stay near the top of the Big West Conference leaderboard when the Aggies visit Long Beach State on Thursday and UC Riverside on Saturday in key league games.
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Paige Mintun's season-high 22 points paced four Aggies in double figures on Thursday night as UC Davis took a 29-point halftime lead on its way to an 80-68 win over visiting Long Beach State, pushing the Aggies into a first-place tie with Cal Poly in the Big West Conference women's basketball sta...
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The homestretch to the regular season is coming upon the UC Davis women's basketball team and the Aggies continue a stretch of critical games when they host Long Beach State on Thursday at The Pavilion. Tipoff is 7 p.m.
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Heidi Heintz's three-point play with 16 seconds left gave UC Davis a late lead and the defense stopped UC Irvine on a last-second attempt as the Aggies beat the Anteaters 74-71 in a Big West Conference women's basketball game at The Pavilion on Saturday night.
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Spotlight Aggie - Tori Hooper
With graduation on the horizon and career considerations looming, UC Davis senior volleyball player Tori Hooper has followed a family tradition of taking to the skies. She is halfway through her flight training, with plans of joining the Air Force Reserve.
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Louie Bishop: Seventh Day Committment
Louie Bishop enjoyed an oustanding career with the UC Davis men's golf team, graduating in 2007 with a degree in managerial economics. Named the 2007 Division I Independent Golfer of the Year and Ping All-America Honorable Mention, Bishop capped his Aggie career by being named the winner of UC Davis' W.P. Lindley Award for achievement in athletics, academics and community service. He participated in the 2009 U.S. Amateur on Aug. 24-25. The Tulsa World published the following story on the first day of the tournament
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Sam Paneno Gives Back More Than He Lost
Sam Paneno doesn't do self-pity.
"Why me?" never crossed his lips.
Or his mind.
"I was always taught to look at life from different perspectives," the former UC Davis running back says, "and that you have a choice on how you react to things."
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Spotlight Aggie: Heidi Kucera
Balancing a varsity sport and a full schedule of classes is a challenging task for any student-athlete. Adding a second varsity sport to that mix makes things even more hectic. But UC Davis junior Heidi Kucera finds a way to excel in water polo and swimming, using complementing skills to help contribute in both.
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