EUGENE, Ore. – Competing in Eugene for a second consecutive week, South Dakota freshman Anna Willis earned National recognition by winning the USATF Under 20 Championship women’s pole vault competition Thursday night.
 
A week after placing fourth at the NCAA Championships with a clearance of 14-6 ¾, Willis cleared 14-3 ¼ to win the U20 Title at Hayward Field Thursday. She was one of two competitors over 14-0 Thursday night.
 
Fellow Coyote Mariah Fenske also competed Thursday, running 11:22.35 in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, placing ninth.
 
One more Coyote will take the track at the U20 Championships this week. Friday night, Berkeley Engelland will run in the 800-meters, scheduled for 7:26 p.m. Central Time (5:26 p.m. Pacific).
 

Westminster Academy senior Matthew Troche had an impressive senior season and stepped up during the team’s playoff run to help lift the Lions to a state championship.  The senior top performer was selected as the Sun Sentinel Broward boys water polo player of the year.

Troche scored five goals and led this team in a second-half rally for an 11-10 victory in overtime against St. Thomas Aquinas in the state semifinal. Westminster Academy trailed 8-6 in the fourth quarter before Troche responded with two goals to make it 8-8. The Lions also trailed 10-9 late in the fourth before Troche’s game-tying goal to force overtime.

He delivered again and scored five goals in the team’s 10-9 victory against Mater Lakes Academy in the state championship. He had two consecutive goals to break a 5-5 tie in the third quarter and recorded a go-ahead goal to break an 8-8 tie in the fourth quarter.

Troche played his first three seasons at Cooper City High School. He made an impact at his new school during his senior campaign and led Westminster Academy to a 24-2 record. Troche recorded 27 goals and 11 assists in five playoff games, including eight goals in the regional championship victory. He finished the season with 88 goals, 56 assists and 43 steals.

Troche previously represented the Southeast Zone for the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program Youth National Team in Chicago.  He also had participated in the USA Water Polo ODP Regional Tournament in Dallas, Texas and was selected for the USA Water Polo 18U Junior Olympics in San Jose, California.

Troche continued his training in the sport while with the Barcelona Lions Water Polo Club for the last two years. He traveled to play in Colombia during the Open Men’s Tournament and also practiced with professional teams from the Honor Division in Spain, including CN Sant Andreu, CN Catalunya and CN Barcelona.

CHARLESTON – Charleston Southern Athletics and Goose Creek Heating & Air + Plumbing announced on Wednesday morning exciting news regarding the continuing efforts to enhance the CSU student-athlete experience with the “Student First Initiative.”
 
“We are so thankful to Goose Creek Heating and Air + Plumbing for their support of our Student First Initiative,” said Jeff Barber, Charleston Southern’s Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics. “We have just completed the 2024-25 academic year and experienced the highest GPA in the history of our program at 3.37. Goose Creek Heating and Air + Plumbing has made a difference in the academic lives of our student-athletes and for that, we feel very blessed.”
 

During the fall of 2023, the Buccaneers’ athletics department added Goose Creek Heating & Air + Plumbing to their network of corporate partners and the company had signed on to be the founding sponsor for this new venture. This project is the “Student First Initiative” which was created to reward the various CSU athletics programs for their success in the classrooms and keeping their academics at the forefront of their plans. Every program that finishes the academic year with a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher receives a $500 financial contribution that directly supports the individual program. Last academic year, 12 programs eclipsed a 3.0 GPA leading to $6,000 in total donations to Charleston Southern.
 
This year, 12 Charleston Southern athletics programs completed the year with a cumulative GPA above 3.0, making it back-to-back years of this many teams, which amounts to $6000 of contributions. The programs that finished the year at that level are listed below with their team GPA listed as well:

• Men’s Baseball
• Men’s Basketball
• Men’s Cross Country
• Men’s Golf
• Women’s Basketball
• Women’s Cross Country
• Women’s Golf
• Women’s Soccer
• Women’s Softball
• Women’s Tennis
• Women’s Track & Field
• Women’s Volleyball

 
To learn more about or become a sponsor for the “Student First Initiative,” contact Corporate Sponsorship General Manager, Nick Castillo (ncastillo@csusportsproperties.com).
 

Nebraska volleyball has had a busy 48 hours.

The Huskers’ new head coach, Dani Busboom Kelly, has a five-player class for 2027.

The class is headlined by the top recruit in the country, Kendal Omoruyi.

Setter Malorie Boesiger out of Norris High School in Nebraska has also announced her commitment.

The Huskers have also added two liberos, including Mallory Johnson out of Michigan and Hua Laikona out of Arizona.

Shaye Washington out of Missouri has also committed to Nebraska.

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