By Staff Reporters
Arizona Daily Wildcat
August 27, 1997

Sidelines

UA softball player Leah O'Brien was named Arizona's candidate for NCAA Woman of the Year, the second year in a row a softball player has received the honor. O'Brien joins 50 other state nominees that will be narrowed down to 10 finalists next month.

Last year Jenny Dalton was among the 10 finalists and in 1994, former UA high jumper Tanya Hughes was named the NCAA Woman of the Year.

The NCAA will salute O'Brien's achievements along with the other nominees on October 19th at the awards dinner in Kansas City, Mo.

BRIEFS

Men's water polo practice is today at 3-5 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center pool. They continue each Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 3-5. The practices are open to anyone who is interested and missed last night's information meeting. Call Michael Wissot at 690-9784 for more information.

Tomorrow the women's water polo team is holding an informational meeting at 3 p.m. Meet in the lobby of the Student Recreation Center. Practices are Tuesday and Thursday from 3-5 and Friday evening from 5-7 in the student rec pool.

The men's lacrosse team is about to begin its fall season. Anyone interested should attend tomorrow's informational meeting at 5 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center Conference Room A.

BY THE NUMBERS

5,340:

Total offensive yards, UA sophomore quarterback, Keith Smith needs to surpass former quarterback Tom Tunnicliffe to become Arizona's all-time leader. Smith amassed 1,996 yards of total offense last season, compared to Tunnicliffe's 1,110 yards in his freshman campaign. Smith needs to average 1,750 yards over the next three seasons, not counting the three bowl games, to pass the milestone. However, he needs 2,465 yards to break Tunnicliffe's single season record. Another note: Tunnicliffe rushed for a whooping -282 (yes, that is negative) yards in his UA career. Another piece of Tunnicliffe trivia. He caught a touchdown pass against Stanford in 1982 to break a 27-27 tie - which may not have been added to his total yardage.