Most famous for leading the UA men's basketball team to its only National Championship in 1997, and subsequently dubbed a "Cool Cat" on the cover of Sports Illustrated, former Wildcat All-American Miles Simon heads a list of eight entries into the 2005 class of the UA Sports Hall of Fame.

Simon, who spent the better part of the past seven years playing pro basketball in the United States and overseas before ending his career last year due to injury, was slated to receive his degree from the UA this summer. The 1997 Final Four Most Outstanding Player came back to the UA in Spring 2004 to rehab after a knee injury, helping the Wildcats prepare for games during the season. [Read article]

Despite rumored interest from Big 12 programs Oklahoma, the 1994 NCAA National Champion, and Texas A&M, UA baseball head coach Andy Lopez is standing pat as a Wildcat.

The fourth-year UA skipper, who led the Wildcats back to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. last season for the first time since the UA baseball heyday of the 1970s and 80s, gave his pledge last week to UA athletics director Jim Livengood that he intends to stay in Tucson and honor his contract. [Read article]