American University News

University of Minnesota, Crookston head women's basketball coach Mike Roysland announced the signing of Alisha Moritz of Emily to a National Letter of Intent to play for the Golden Eagles during the 2008-09 season.

American University head men's basketball coach Jeff Jones has announced the addition of Robert Burke as an assistant coach for the Eagles.

American University Head Coach Jeff Jones has announced the addition of Gaithersburg, Md., native and Montrose Christian alumnus Troy Brewer to the men's basketball team.

The National Wrestling Coaches Association has announced its annual Division I All-Academic Top 30 Teams for the 2008-2009 season.

American University head men's basketball coach Jeff Jones has announced the promotion of Eddie Jackson to assistant coach and the hiring of Bryce Simon as the director of basketball operations.

American University has announced several staff updates, including changes to the men's basketball staff, senior administration promotions and an update on a women's basketball alum.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Tech's trio of Rachel Culp , Allie Emala and Jessica Nonn combined to score 14 goals as the Virginia Tech women's lacrosse team held off American University for the 19-11 win in a non-conference match played at Jacobs Field on Saturday afternoon.

What is a journalist to do when the team he must cover has changed from just an average squad to his alma mater's program? The simple answer is to leave everything to the action on the court.

The third-seeded Wildcats lost their home-court advantage and nearly lost the game, needing a late 19-2 run in the East Regional to fend off the Patriot League champions.

American Guts : American guards Derrick Mercer and Garrison Carr are barely tall enough to get on the rides at Disney World, but they played with great heart and courage against Villanova.

American's Bryce Simon has agreed to provide daily reports this week as the Eagles go to their second straight NCAA tournament.

Coach Jeff Jones summed it up best when he said the AU men's basketball team left everything on the court.

As a junior, he made 135 threes and scored 606 points. The Eagles made their first NCAA Division I Tournament appearance.

Garrison Carr wasn't going to catch anyone by surprise this season. Not after averaging more than four three-pointers and 18 points per game as a junior last season, after scoring 30 points in a pair of league road games and scorching Tennessee for six three-pointers and 26 points in American University's first NCAA tournament appearance.

No, this winter promised to be different, and not in a good way for the 5-foot-11 guard who hardly played his first two seasons before rocketing onto the scene a year ago.

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Once the locker room door closed and American Coach Jeff Jones was alone with his basketball team for the final time in a remarkable season, he took a deep breath before he began to speak to his players.

'I knew if I went on for very long, it would get tough for me emotionally,' he said, an hour after the Eagles' season had ended with an 80-67 loss to Villanova on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA tournament. 'This group of seniors has done so much for the school and the program that there's a lot I want to say to them -- and I will. But I knew I wouldn't get through it tonight.'

The smallest man on the court has been making the biggest impression. And he does not need a loud mouth or a flashy game to get anyone's attention.

American's Bryce Simon has agreed to provide daily reports this week as the Eagles go to their second straight NCAA tournament.

Villanova has the home court, this time it wants the advantage. Jay Wright's strongest memory of the Wildcats' first-round victory in 2006 at the Wachovia Center isn't that it was the first one on a path toward the regional final.

Former Gadsden High School standout Frank Borden heads to his second NCAA tournament as a starter for the American University basketball team by By Felix Chavez/Sun-News reporter LAS CRUCES - Former Gadsden High basketball star Frank Borden is headed to his second NCAA men's basketball tournament.

He protected his son from the drug dealers who hung around on their Jersey City block, and made sure the gang members knew better than to mess with his kid.