Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
October 2, 1997

Sidelines

UA distance runner Amy Skieresz added another award last week to the long list that she has accumulated over her career. Skieresz, a junior, won her second Honda-Broderick award this year, adding track and field to the cross country award she won last spring.

The awards signify the player of the year in each sport.

Skieresz is now eligible for the Collegiate Woman of the Year award, which will be presented during a banquet in Atlanta on Jan. 12, 1998.

She won four national titles last year, becoming the first female athlete in NCAA history to accomplish that feat. After winning the national cross country title with a time of 17-minutes and 4 seconds last fall, she won the 5,000-meter run (15:39.26) at the NCAA Indoor Championships, followed by the 5,000m (15:46.76) and the 10,000m (33:14.22) at the Outdoor Championships in June.

Skieresz became the first UA athlete in history to win two Honda awards.

Previous UA Honda winners were Susie Parra for softball in 1994, Jenny Dalton for softball in 1996 and Marisa Baena for golf in 1996.

Briefly

There is a correction regarding women's lacrosse practice next week. Practice will be held on Tuesday and Thursday, not Wednesday, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Bear Down Field.

The UA football team has two players that currently lead the Pacific 10 Conference in defensive categories. Chester Burnett leads the conference in tackles with 40, averaging 10 per game.

Fellow Wildcat Joe Salave'a is the sacks leader with seven. Senior defensive end Mike Szlauko is second in that category with 5.5 even though he sat out last Saturday's contest against UCLA.

By the Numbers

1,350:

Difference in number of student tickets that the UA sells to its student body versus the number sold at Stanford University. Stanford plays its home games in Maples Pavillion (capacity 7,500) and 1,000 tickets are available to students. The UA plays its home games in McKale Center (capacity 14,493) and 2,350 tickets are available to students.