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Bird a Sportswoman of the Year honoree
NEW YORK — Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird and Olympic figure-skating gold medalist Sarah Hughes won the 2002 Sportswomen of the Year awards yesterday.
Bird received the team award after averaging 14.4 points and six assists during her rookie season with the WNBA's Storm. She was the top pick in the WNBA draft after helping undefeated Connecticut to the NCAA title.
Hughes, the recipient of this year's individual award, captured an Olympic gold medal at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
The award was presented by the Women's Sports Foundation.
Storm's Graf doesn't get Phoenix job
Storm assistant coach Carrie Graf won't be leaving to become head coach of the Phoenix Mercury. The Arizona Republic reported that John Schumate will be their fourth coach in three seasons. Schumate, 50, most recently was an assistant for the Toronto Raptors (1995-98).
Graf, 35, is still in contention for the Storm head-coach position. General Manager Billy McKinney said he has conducted about five interviews and hopes to have the final two completed next week.
Soccer
Seattle Pacific men 3, at Cal Poly Pomona 2 (2OT) — Senior Grant Falco scored his second goal of the game 63 seconds into overtime to give the Falcons (9-4-1) the victory.
At Seattle University men 4, Grand Canyon 0 — Freshman Pat Doran scored two goals to lead the Redhawks (9-5-1) to a nonconference win over Grand Canyon (4-13). Doran scored the winner in the 21st minute, then scored again less than five minutes later.
At Seattle U. women 4, GCU 0 — Sophomores Tafara Pulse and Brenda Zittel each scored twice for the Redhawks (9-6-1).
Notes
• Washington State's Dustin White fired a 5-under-par 139 over two rounds and was tied for seventh at the Barona Collegiate Cup men's golf tournament in Lakeside, Calif. WSU was 14th in the team competition.
• The USRowing women's eight, with Washington's Mary Whipple at coxswain, won the championship this past weekend at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.
USRowing finished in 16 minutes, 12.90 seconds, four seconds ahead of Canada's London Training Center.
Steve Gillespie and Erik Miller, both from Renton, finished third in the men's double sculls.
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