Briggs, Farmer named first-team All-Pac-10

For the third straight season, two UA players were selected to the All-Pacific 10 Conference team.

Junior linebacker Lance Briggs received the honor yesterday for the second straight year. Briggs led the Wildcats with 93 tackles this season, good for third in the conference. He also finished tied for fifth in the conference with six and a half sacks.

Sophomore running back Clarence Farmer finished the year with 1,229 yards and 10 touchdowns. Farmer leads the Pac-10 in yardage but is second in per-game yardage with 111.7 yards per game. UCLA's DeShaun Foster is tops in the conference with 138.6 yards per game.

Six Wildcats - junior wide receiver Bobby Wade, sophomore cornerback Michael Jolivette, senior center Steven Grace, junior offensive tackle Makoa Freitas, junior quarterback Jason Johnson and junior defensive tackle Young Thompson - received honorable mention votes.

Oregon senior quarterback Joey Harrington came away with the conference's top offensive award and UCLA senior linebacker Robert Thomas was the defensive player of the year.

Washington State head coach Mike Price was named coach of the year.

Two receivers - Stanford's Teyo Johnson and Washington's Reggie Williams - were named co-freshmen of the year.

Gardner, Pickney named Pac-10 Players of the Week

After the women's basketball team emulated the men's squad by pulling off an upset against No. 15 and 2000-01 national champion Notre Dame, it was only fitting that senior forward Elizabeth Pickney joined junior point guard Jason Gardner as Pac-10 Players of the Week for men's and women's sports.

Gardner's honor was a result of his performances between Nov. 8 and Nov. 25. It was the first time the conference gave out the award this season. During those three games, Gardner led the Wildcats to upsets over No. 2 Maryland, No. 6 Florida and No. 22 Texas, averaging 24.7 points, 5.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game.

He also collected the Most Valuable Player award at the Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic, and currently ranks fifth in the country in scoring. His Pac-10 award is the first of his career.

Pickney collected her award after anchoring the Wildcats in the post during their 3-0 start, including the upset victory over the Fighting Irish, in which she hit the game-winning shot as time expired.

Pickney is averaging 21 points, 7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game so far this season, and is shooting a torrid 57.1 percent from the field and 95.8 percent from the free-throw line.

Pickney is only 28 points away from fifth place on Arizona's all-time scoring list and four blocks away from the school record. She has been named Pac-10 Player of the Week four times.

Women's golf ranked sixth by Golf World

The final fall edition of Golf World Magazine's College Coaches poll listed Arizona's women's team at No. 6 in the country after a fourth-place finish in the Auburn Tiger-Derby Invitational, its final fall tournament of the season. Auburn was the consensus top pick.

The Wildcats' spring season begins Feb. 11 in the TRW Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif. Lorena Ochoa, who medaled in all the Wildcats' tournaments this year, will look to continue her outstanding season.