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crushed him. 1 le was so pissed that he
had even taken the time to buy them.
He swore up and down that he could
throw 250 feet, and that he did it in
high school, but he's yet to prove it. It's
gotten to the point that he won't even
throw them anymore. He won't even
compete against me because he doesn't
like to lose."
Good luck with that one, Adam.
Best Athlete You've Never Heard Of:
Sven Suinnen.
Swinnen took his team to the NCAA
Regionals in Oxford, Miss. He led the
Ducks with a top-20 ranking for most
of the season.
He's a first-team All-Pacific-10 Con
ference member. Time to get to know
him.
Most Improved Female: Andrea Bills.
In our fifth year handing out these
prestigious awards, we figured it was a
time to start a new category.
For two years now, the Duck basket
ball women have been without
Cathrine Kraayeveld for most or all of
the year. So Bills did what she did, held
the Oregon post game in check and
helped Oregon limp through a 6-12
Pac-10 season.
Not only did Bills increase her points
per game by almost two (9.8 in 2002
03 to 11.1 this season), but she started
all 29 games — the second year in a
row she started all of Oregon's games.
She also increased her rebounds per
game by almost one and fouled out just
once, compared to three times in 2002
03.
Most Improved Male: Kellen
Clemens.
All Clemens needed was the chance.
Once he got out of Jason Fife's shad
ow, Clemens emerged. Some have said
he's got certain intangibles that made
Joey Harrington such a great leader at
Oregon a few years ago.
Clemens capped off his season with
a 32 of 42 for 363-yard performance at
the Sun Bowl in December. That was af
ter leading the Ducks to three straight
wins over California, UCLA and Ore
gon State to end the season.
Rookie of the Year: Tommy Sldpper.
Are there any words to describe Skip
, per? Yes. Oregon pole vault record. Pac
10 pole vault record. Serious contender
for the NCAA Championship later this
week. Potential member of the 2004
United States OlympicTeam.
All Skipper did was come in as the
most heralded of Oregon recruits and
live up to the name. Freshmen are do
ing some pretty amazing things these
days.
Best Play: Ashley Richards home nm us.
Arizona.
Bottom of the eighth, no score, Ash
ley Richards at the plate.
The junior led off the inning with a
shot off Arizona pitcher Alicia Hollow
ell, who entered the game with a record
TOP: Emerald RIGHT: Erik R. Bishoff Photographer
TOP: Linebacker Kevin Mitchell spent five years on the Oregon football team.
RIGHT: Ashley Richards hit a game-winning home run for the Ducks against Arizona.
of 32-0. Not only did the blast give Ore
gon its eighth Pac-10 victory and 34th
win of the season, it enabled the Ducks
to defeat Arizona for the first time since
2000.
Can't forget: Arizona was ranked No.
1 in the country at the time of the home
run.
Best Individual Performance in a
Game: Luke Jackson vs. Colorado in NIT.
Twenty-nine straight points.
Let's just say that again: 29 straight
points. No matter how many times you
think about it, it really never seems to
sink in. Of course, all Jackson did
against die Buffaloes that fateful night
at McArthur Court was score 29 straight
points for the Ducks, leading them to a
comeback.
Jackson's rally in that game started at
the 15:57 mark of the second half and
extended into overtime — 14 of his
points came in the extra period. He fin
ished that night with 40 points, just two
offhis career high that he bad set earlier
in the season.
Best Game: Oregon vs. Colorado in
Nn'at McArthur Court.
A stunning performance — as listed
above — by one of the greatest players
to don an Oregon jersey. A team, Col
orado, with something to prove against
an Oregon club that knew it had a
down year.
A non-sellout at Mac that turned into
the loudest crowd of the year.
Oregon's 77-72 win over the Buf
faloes was by far the best game of the
year. Not because of Jackson, not be
cause of how the Ducks came back to
beat Colorado in overtime.
Everything came together perfectly
for the Ducks.
Coach of die Year: Kathy Arendsen.
Forty-two overall wins, 10 coming in
one of the best conferences in the na
lion. A second straight trip to the NCAA
Regionals.
Four wins in those regionals, with
just two runs in a game against a strong
Atlantic Coast Conference club —
Florida State — keeping the Ducks
away from the Women's College World
Series.
Arendsen has led a revival of the Ore
gon softball team. She's got the Ducks
on a two-year upswing.
Most Valuable Female: Daria Pano
va.
Two years ago, we named her the
Best Player You've Never Heard Of.
Now, she's the best of the best of Ore
gon athletics.
Panova won 32 singles matches for
the Ducks this year, the second straight
year she's posted that total. That, by 10
wins, puts her first in Oregon history
with 84 victories for her career.
She'll be a senior next year. Itiat says
enough right there.
Most Valuable Male: Jackson.
The best in Oregon history? Some
could argue that, or some could simply
say Jackson was the perfect player for
the perfect time in Oregon basketball
history.
Jackson's contribution to the team is
certainly noticed. His 29 points against
Colorado placed in the record books.
We all thought his 39 points against
Oregon State early in the season were
going to be enough for a career high.
Not even close. The Ducks lost 100
87 to Arizona on Feb. 19 at McArthur
Court, but Jackson scored 42 against
the Wildcats, just one point below Greg
Ballard's record.
We all feel better for having seen you
play, Luke
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