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Kansas officially signed prep guard Andrew White

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Standout guard Andrew White from Chester, Va., has signed a national letter of intent to play men’s basketball at Kansas, KU head coach Bill Self announced Monday.

White inked his NLI Monday afternoon in a ceremony at Miller School, located in Charlottesville (Va.). The 6-6, 210-pound, White verbally committed to Kansas in December.

Ranked No. 48 by ESPNU100 and No. 56-ranked by Rivals.com, White averaged 22.9 points and 10 rebounds a game for 20-10 Miller School in 2011-12. Described as an outstanding shooter, White chose KU over North Carolina State, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Richmond, Texas, Georgetown and others. Additionally, White will play in the Capital Classic All-Star game on April 21 in Alexandria, Va.

“I’m glad we can finally talk about Andrew,” Self said. “He’s been committed for a long time and we are so excited to have him. He’s a tall guard. He can shoot it. He’s a good athlete. He’s tough, loves to play and certainly will be a great representative of our university.”

“He’s has been very well drilled and well coached at Miller under Scott Willard. The transition to the collegiate level should be very smooth for him,” Self said of White. “We see him being an impact player for us beginning from day one upon his arrival on campus.”

“Andrew’s entire family has been great and so supportive to us throughout this process and what a great job Joe Dooley did in recruiting him,” Self added. “One of the reasons we like him so much is the quality of person that he is. I believe having the Whites as part of our KU family will do nothing but enhance our program.”

White becomes the fourth incoming freshman for the 2012-13 season with three fall 2011 signees: Perry Ellis of Wichita, Kan., Landen Lucas of Portland, Ore., and Zach Peters of Plano, Texas.

— KU Sports Information —

MWSU men’s golfers in fifth after day one at MIAA Tournament

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The Griffon men shot the third lowest score in round two firing a 301 which gave them a two round total of 609 (308-301) putting them in sole possession of fifth place after day one of the MIAA Championships. Western is just one stroke behind Fort Hays State, 608 (305-303) for fourth and two strokes behind Pittsburg State, 607 (300-307) for third place. Washburn University leads the event after two rounds by seven strokes firing a 585 (289-296). Central Missouri is in second with a 592 (295-297).

Griffon senior Tyler Gast sits in a three way tie for 2nd place after firing the best two consecutive rounds of the spring with a 145 (72-73). He is tied with Chris Grause of Washburn and Cy Moritz of Central Missouri. Riley Piles of Washburn leads the field with a 2-under 142 (71-71).

Logan Gilliland, James O’Brien and Kenny Stone all fired lower scores in round two than they did in round one. Gilliland and O’Brian are tied for 20th firing 155’s. Gilliland fired one stroke better in round two with a 77 while O’Brien bettered his first round total by seven strokes firing a 74. Kenny Stone is in a tie for 25th place with a 156 (79-77) while Scott Sheldon remained steady with a 158 (79-79).

Missouri Southern, Lincoln and Southwest Baptist sit in 6th, 7th and 8th with scores of 617 (312-305), 624 (308-316) and 654 (335-319) respectively.

The final round of the event will be played tomorrow with the first group teeing off at 7:30 am. The Griffons will play with Fort Hays State and Missouri Southern with tee times starting at 8:10 am and the last group going off at 8:50 am. The final group of the event will tee off at 9:40 am.

Missouri Western       308     301   609    +33   5th
Gast,Tyler                 72         73       145    +1       t-2nd
Gilliland,Logan         78         77       155    +11    t-20th
O’Brien,James         81         74       155    +11    t-20th
Stone,Kenny           79         77       156    +12    t-25th
Sheldon,Scott        79         79       158    +14      t-32nd

— MWSU Sports Information —

Northwest baseball splits with SBU to take three of four

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The Northwest Missouri State baseball team split a doubleheader with the Southwest Baptist Bearcats Sunday afternoon, winning 10-1 in game two following a 6-1 loss in game one.

Coupled with Northwest’s doubleheader sweep over Southwest Baptist on Friday, the Bearcats took three-of-four games in the series to pass Southwest Baptist in the MIAA standings where Northwest currently sits at 14-24 overall and 13-15 in conference play.

Game one saw the Southwest Baptist pitching take over as starter Mike Nielebeck pitched seven shutout innings allowing just four hits while striking out four.

Southwest Baptist jumped to an early 3-0 lead in the third off of three hits and two Northwest errors.

Northwest would get on the board in the fourth thanks to singles by Ryan Abernathy and Cameron Bedard.  An Eric McGlauflin RBI would plate the Bearcats’ lone run.

Southwest Baptist would tack on one run in the fourth and two runs in the sixth to take the 6-1 advantage.

Bedard led Northwest offensively in game one recording two hits.

On the mound, Chris Green would record the loss moving his record to 2-4 on the season.

Game two saw the two teams traded single runs in the first inning as an Eric McGlauflin squeeze bunt would score Ryan Abernathy.  The run was Abernathy’s first of two in the nightcap; giving him a team-leading 41 on the season.

The scored remained 1-1 until Northwest broke the game open in the top of the fourth inning with five runs on four hits and three Southwest Baptist errors.  The inning was started by a McGlauflin double with key RBI hits ensuing from Abernathy and Cameron Bedard.

The 6-1 lead would be more than enough for Northwest starting pitcher Sean Brady, who turned in his second consecutive superb outing on the hill.  Just like the previous week, Brady would allow no earned runs while pitching six innings and allowing just three hits.

Northwest would add a pair of runs in both the seventh and ninth innings on two-run singles by Cole Mapes and Abernathy to finish the scoring.

Patrick Brady and Josh Parrish combined to throw three innings of scoreless relief for Northwest.

Abernathy, Eric Swain and Tyler Durant each collected a pair of hits in the game, with Abernathy and Mapes both driving in three runs.  With the two hits, Abernathy has now collected multiple hits in 20 of the team’s 38 games.

Up Next: The Bearcats continue MIAA play next weekend when they travel to Pittsburg, Kan. for a four-game series with the Pittsburg State Gorillas.  First pitch on Friday from Al Ortolani Field is slated for 6 p.m.

— NWMSU Sports Information —

Griffons outscore Gorillas 57-13 in four-game sweep at Pitt State

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The Missouri Western baseball team continued its offensive dominace against the Pittsburg State Gorillas earning the four game series sweep. Western dominated all day closing out the suspended game with a 15-1 victory before winning 13-5 and 17-6 in eight innings in the final two games. Western earned its third four game MIAA series sweep of the season (Missouri Southern and Washburn) and first road MIAA sweep. Western improves to 27-11 overall and 20-8 in MIAA play.

Western had 71 hits with 37 being for extra bases. The Griffons also scored while scoring 57 runs in the series.

Suspended Game: MWSU 15, PSU 1
Western closed out the suspended game picking up five more runs earning the 14 run victory. Western pounded out 23 hits int he game with Michael Schulze going 4-for-5 with three runs scored.

Grant Fink had five RBI with two runs scored while Kyle Peterson, Fink, Spencer Shockley, Jimmy Smelcer and Shawn Egge all collecting three hits. Egge went 3-for-5 with four RBI and three runs scored.

Nik Jurado improves to 6-0 on the season going five innings giving up just two hits with three srikeouts. Chris Allen pitched four innings giving up three hits and one earned run.

Game 1: MWSU 13, PSU 5
In game one of the doubleheader Western continued to hit the ball well getting 17 hits. Schulze, Fink and Egge each had three hits with Schulze scoring four runs and three RBI while Egge had three RBI and three runs scored.

Western had seven doubles in the game to go along with two triples and two home runs. Ethan Ward improved to 5-2 overall going seven innings with 10 hits and five earned runs. He also struckout six in the outing.

The Griffons scored runs in five of the seven inning which included four in the fourth and seventh innings.

Game 2: MWSU 17, PSU 6
The offensive dominance continued for Western in game four of the series getting 20 hits and 17 RBI. Schulze went 4-for-6 with two RBI and 2 runs scored while Shockley and Dotson both had three hits.

Western had six more doubles a triples and four home runs. Western scored runs in seven of the eight innings earning its 6th straight road victory.

Oliver Kadey improved to 2-1 on the season going six innings with two hits and four earned runs while striking out eight. Jake Jones went two innings with four hits while giving up two earned runs.

The Griffons return to action next weekend when they take on the Truman State Bulldogs in Kirksville, Mo. in a four game series. The two teams will open up the series on Friday, April 20 with a nine inning game. First pitch is set for 4:00 pm.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Weather shortens Northwest Missouri State spring football game

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The White squad scored 14 unanswered points to claim a 14-7 win in the 2012 Spring Game that was shortened to almost one half of play before lighting forced the game to be canceled.

The Northwest Missouri State Bearcat football team was able to dodge weather conditions that have wreaked havoc on most of the spring sports at Northwest this weekend for 29 minutes. However, lighting moved into the Maryville area forcing the annual Green and White Spring Game to come to an early close with 36 seconds left before halftime.

The Bearcat defense forced both squads into three-and-out possessions on their first two drives. The White team would grab the games only turnover on the second possession for the Green team with a Trevor Adams interception by Jared Fox.

The defense would again stand tall shutting down the White squad before the Green team finally broke through with the game’s first score. Adams found a way to redeem himself with a 33-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Defeo for the Green team’s only score.

From there the White team took over started by a nice run from James Franklin pushing the White team across midfield. Two plays later a Brady Bolles shovel pass to Tyler Shaw would see the senior-to-be scamper 40-yards for the score.

The game’s final score would come on the White team’s final possession as Bolles connected for his second touchdown pass finding Dearis Flint in the back of the end zone from just outside the red zone giving the White team a 14-7 lead.

Note: Official stats were not kept at this year’s spring game.

— NWMSU Sports Information —

No. 15 Missouri Western rolls to sweep of Lincoln

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The No. 15 Missouri Western softball team (36-7, 18-2) exploded for 21 runs and swept a doubleheader from Lincoln (12-31, 3-11) in two run rule shortened games. Seniors Blair Stalder and Leah Steele were honored after game two as part of senior day festivities. The 1982 NAIA National Championship team was also recognized in between games.

Game 1: MWSU 10, LU 1 (5 innings)
The Griffons scored in every inning and Jackie Bishop just missed a no-hitter as Western took game one in five innings 10-1. Bishop held the Blue Tigers hitless through 3 1/3 before Brianna Akers doubled off the top of the left field wall to break up the no-no attempt.

After Brea Fleschner led off the game with a line out to center, Kendall Sorensen and Blair Stalder provided consecutive doubles to go up 1-0. Stalder came across to make it 2-0 after an error allowed Taylor Anding to reach.

Keri Lorbert led off the Griffon third with a single to left center. Erin Widrig pinch ran for Lorbert, advanced to second on a Maegan Roemmich single, stole third, then scored on a wild pitch. Western went on to add five more in the inning, and tacked on another in the fourth.

The game was called after Bishop retired Lincoln in order in the fifth, with the Griffons leading by more than eight. The one-hit win moved Bishop’s record to 20-2 on the year. Bishop allowed just one run, no walks and struck out eight. Fleschner was 1-4 with two RBI and a solo home run in the second. Stalder was 2-3 with two RBI and Sarah Elliott drove in two and went 1-2 at the plate.

Game 2: MWSU 11, LU 3 (5 innings)
The Griffons used a seven-run fourth inning to break the game open on the way to their second run rule game of the day. Annalee Rubio struck out four and allowed three runs on three hits, improving her record to 13-5 on the year.

Up 4-2 entering the bottom of the fourth inning, Michelle Stevenson led off by lining out to second base. Brea Fleschner then laid down a bunt single and scored on a throwing error after Kim Robinson singled to right. Blair Stalder doubled down the left field line, scoring Robinson from second to put Western up 6-2. Keri Lorbert followed with a single to center that brought Stalder across the plate. After Lorbert was called out at second on a fielder’s choice by Maegan Roemmich, Taylor Anding’s double brought Roemmich in. Leah Steele cleared the bases with a two-out, two-run homer to left center. Stevenson stepped to the plate after Tiffany Gillaspy’s single with a chance to represent the first and third outs of the inning, instead Stevenson singled to center and scored Gillaspy for the final run of the inning.

Anding was 2-3 with a run scored and three RBI, and Stalder was 2-3 with two runs scored and one driven in. Western is scheduled to wrap up the home portion of its schedule Sunday when Lindenwood University visits the Griffon Spring Sports Complex. The doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Griffons rolls past Pitt State in opener; lead 10-0 in game two

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Only a force of nature could stop Missouri Western’s offensive assault Friday.  Mother Nature did just that.  Thunderstorms delayed the second game of the Griffons doubleheader at Pittsburg State, with Western leading 10-0 in the 6th inning.  The Griffon bats had showed no signs of slowing down, after winning game one 12-1.  Game two will resume Saturday with a start time still yet to be determined.  Western and Pitt are scheduled to play two more games after resuming Friday’s game.  The Griffons are now 24-11 overall and 17-8 in MIAA Conference play.

Game 1: MWSU 12, PSU 1
In game one, the Griffons scored runs in every inning but two on their way to the 12-1 victory. Western capitalized on five Gorilla errors and scored eight runs in the first three innings to put the game out of hand.  Staff ace Brandon Simmons went the distance to pick up the victory for the Griffons, improving his record to 8-12 on the season.

Game 2: MWSU 10, PSU 0 (PPD 6th inning)

The Griffons picked up where they left on game one, exploding for four runs in the 4th inning, and pounding out 15 hits into the 6th inning, when the game was postponed due to thunderstorm in the Pittsburg area.

Western has hit four home runs in the game, including two from Grant Fink.  The Griffons have scored three runs in the 6th inning, and are still batting with one on and out out when play resumes Saturday.  Nik Jurado has allowed just two hits through five scoreless innings.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Bearcats win first two games at Truman State

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Needing a sweep of MIAA foe Southwest Baptist the Northwest Missouri State diamond Bearcats picked up two wins Friday with a 5-3 and 10-3 win in doubleheader action from Dodson Field.

Northwest saw its record improve to 12-23 overall and 11-14 in league play moving into a tie with Southwest Baptist at 11-14 in the MIAA as also fell to 16-18-1 overall. The two teams return to action on Saturday with a twin bill scheduled for 12 p.m.

Game one saw the Bearcats hold off a late rally from SBU after getting an outstanding effort from Chase Anderson on the mound. Anderson threw a complete game only allowing three runs in the win.

Anderson did his part keeping SBU off the base paths by walking none, for his fourth win of the season and striking out three.

Northwest would finish with 10 hits including four doubles in the game one win.

Eric McGlauflin put Northwest on the board in the top of the first inning with a ground out to the right side scoring Ryan Abernathy. Abernathy had led off the game with a single for his only hit of the game.

After scoring another run in the second, Northwest extended its lead to 4-1 on a Landinn Eckhardt squeeze play that scored Tyler Durant. Two batters later Jake Kretzer moved to third on a wild pitch and stole home extending the green and white lead.

A RBI double from Durant gave Northwest the final score of 5-3. However that would be all Northwest needed as Anderson only allowed two base runners over the final three innings, but would erase one of the runners on a pickoff in the sixth.

Game two was one of the most complete games Northwest has put together all season pounding out 10 runs on 13 hits and getting a complete game win from Jace Anderson. Anderson scattered nine SBU hits over nine innings only allowing three runs.

The green and white Bearcats would be paced offensively by Eric Swain who blasted a pair of home runs, his eighth and ninth of the season.

Swain’s first home run came in the top of the first to give Northwest an early lead. SBU would push a run across in the bottom to tie the game before the Northwest offense took over.

Northwest pushed four runs across in the next five innings to take a 5-1 lead. From there Anderson would go to work on the mound pitching six innings of scoreless baseball.

Swain would belt his second home run to lead off the seventh inning jump starting the Bearcat offense. Northwest went on to score five runs in the eighth and ninth for the 10-3 win.

Eckhardt and Swain both finished with three hits as Swain added four RBIs in the nightcap.

— NWMSU Sports Information —

Missouri basketball lands former UConn forward Alex Oriakhi

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The University of Missouri men’s basketball program has added a highly-regarded big man to help the Tigers for the 2012-13 season, as Alex Oriakhi, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound power forward, will attend Mizzou.  Oriakhi will have one year of eligibility remaining after transferring from the University of Connecticut, where he helped lead the Huskies to the 2011 NCAA Championship as a sophomore.  Oriakhi has signed a financial aid agreement to attend Mizzou, as announced by Mizzou Head Coach Frank Haith.

Oriakhi, a native of Lowell, Mass., averaged 7.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in 109 games over the past three seasons at UCONN.  He turned in career-best averages of 9.6 points and 8.7 rebounds during his sophomore season as the Huskies won the 2011 NCAA title, with Oriakhi playing a major role in the tournament run.  He scored 11 points and added 11 rebounds and four blocked shots in the national title game against Butler.  He also contributed eight points, 10 rebounds and a block in the national semi-final win over Kentucky.  An outstanding shot-blocker, Oriakhi swatted 166 shots in his 109 games at UCONN.

The 2009 Gatorade High School Player of the Year in New Hampshire and a McDonald’s Prep All-American, Oriakhi will be reunited with current Tiger guard Phil Pressey.  The two were teammates previously together for the Boston Amateur Basketball Club.

“We’re very excited to add a talented and proven player like Alex to our program,” said Haith.  “Addressing our front court depth has been a major emphasis of ours for this next year, and when you add Alex to a group of newcomers including Stefan Jankovic, Ryan Rosburg and Tony Criswell, we are definitely heading the right direction.  Alex is a very hard worker, he’s somebody who we expect to fit into our program’s culture right away.  He will do whatever he’s asked to help the team, and he can impact a game any number of ways, whether it’s scoring, rebounding or defending,” Haith said.

— MU Sports Information —

KU adds transfer linebacker from Notre Dame

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Kansas football added another proven player to its roster in Anthony McDonald, who is joining the Jayhawks after transferring from Notre Dame. McDonald is scheduled to complete his degree in May, making him eligible to play for KU in 2012.

McDonald, a native of Burbank, Calif., played in 28 games for the Irish during his four seasons in South Bend. After sitting out the 2008 season as a true freshman, McDonald appeared in all 12 of Notre Dame’s games during the 2009 season playing under then Irish head coach and current Kansas head coach Charlie Weis. McDonald, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound linebacker, collected 10 tackles in 2009 while playing primarily on special teams.

During the 2010 season, McDonald played in 11 games for the Irish and recorded 11 tackles. He tallied three tackles in games versus Michigan State, Stanford and Miami (Fla.). In his final season at Notre Dame, McDonald recorded three tackles, while seeing action in four games.

McDonald, who will graduate from Notre Dame next month with a degree in sociology, was selected to play in U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio following his senior season at Notre Dame High School, where he teamed up with fellow Jayhawk, senior quarterback Dayne Crist. McDonald, who was coached by Kevin Rooney at NDHS, was placed on the all-Southern California team by Southern California Football Coaches Association and Orange County Register and was also named to the first-team all-Southern California team by GoldenStatePreps.com after he recorded 79 tackles and one sack in 11 games during his senior season.

McDonald was ranked by Scout.com the eighth-best middle linebacker in the country and the 16th-best prospect in California. McDonald was considered the 22nd-best player in California by SuperPrep and the third-best linebacker in the state, while Rivals.com rated him No. 31 in the state of California and the 11th-best inside linebacker. McDonald’s father, Mike, played at USC and was a long snapper for the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL.

With the addition of McDonald, Kansas has now signed 25 players to its 2012 signing class. The Jayhawks have added five players as Division I transfers, nine junior college transfers and 11 high school athletes.

— KU Sports Information —

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